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Why this person is known: Irish politician (1879-1959)
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- AnRo0002, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Working Men's Educational Union, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
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