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... leader ? -and the new and untried de Valera assumed the leadership of a party which Griffith had founded and , during a lifetime of poverty , sustained ... leaders . De Valera showed his gratitude by refusing [ 27 ] Rainbow Chasers.
... leader ? -and the new and untried de Valera assumed the leadership of a party which Griffith had founded and , during a lifetime of poverty , sustained ... leaders . De Valera showed his gratitude by refusing [ 27 ] Rainbow Chasers.
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... leaders of the Volunteers to think ahead , and in terms of attack as well as defence . Collins and his companions were busy with plans for assassinating the English cabinet in the streets of London , and already there were desperate men ...
... leaders of the Volunteers to think ahead , and in terms of attack as well as defence . Collins and his companions were busy with plans for assassinating the English cabinet in the streets of London , and already there were desperate men ...
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... leaders decided to await their arrest . The result was that almost all the leaders , including de Valera , were swept into the police net . A gunboat was waiting at Dunleary , and all that night and all next day the captives were ...
... leaders decided to await their arrest . The result was that almost all the leaders , including de Valera , were swept into the police net . A gunboat was waiting at Dunleary , and all that night and all next day the captives were ...
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