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    Fáil. Frank Aiken was born on 13 February 1898 at Carrickbracken, Camlough, County Armagh, Ireland, the seventh and youngest child of James Aiken, a builder...
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    surrender without disarming. On 30 April 1923, the IRA's new Chief of Staff, Frank Aiken (Lynch had been killed), called a ceasefire. This was followed on 24...
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    allowed the more pragmatic Frank Aiken, who took over as IRA Chief of Staff, to call a halt to what seemed a futile struggle. Aiken's accession to IRA leadership...
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    foreign policy. Frank Aiken served as Minister for External Affairs during the whole of Lemass's tenure as Taoiseach. At the United Nations, Aiken took an independent...
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    Clayton Holmes Aiken (né Grissom; born November 30, 1978) is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second...
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    on 24 May 1923, the anti-Treaty forces received an order, issued by Frank Aiken, their chief-of-staff, to "dump arms". Éamon de Valera supported this...
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    or in one notorious case the sight of O'Kelly and Defense Minister Frank Aiken storming out of a diplomatic function at the French Legation when McNeill...
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    flirting with the idea of an independent Ulster. Inasmuch as they were "frank" , Adams found the meetings "constructive", but could find no common political...
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    This operation had been approved by Michael Collins, Richard Mulcahy, Frank Aiken and Eoin O'Duffy. The Northern Ireland authorities responded by sealing-off...
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    Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures was the title of Frank Aiken as a member of the Government of Ireland from 8 September 1939 to 18...
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    war, ending in the defeat of the anti-Treaty faction. On 24 May 1923, Frank Aiken, the (anti-treaty) IRA Chief-of-Staff, called a cease-fire. Many left...
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  • office 2 July 1969 – 14 March 1973 Taoiseach Jack Lynch Preceded by Frank Aiken Succeeded by Brendan Corish Minister for Health In office 2 July 1969 –...
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    they carried, he ordered his men, including soon-to-be chief of staff Frank Aiken, to leave him behind. When the National Army soldiers reached Lynch they...
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    the Minister for Finance in 1943. He served under Seán T. O'Kelly and Frank Aiken during his tenure in the department. He was briefly Parliamentary Secretary...
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    Irish Ambassador Frank Biggar (1917–1974); Barbara and Frank's eldest son is former Irish ambassador John Biggar (1952–). Barbara and Frank's third son was...
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  • is broken down in sub-lists of various organisations known as the IRA Frank Aiken (1898–1983), a founding member of Fianna Fáil; commanded the Fourth Northern...
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    militant opposition to the Free State came to an end on 24 May 1923 when Frank Aiken, chief-of-staff of the IRA, issued the order to "dump arms", and Éamon...
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    charge of the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures, Frank Aiken. It was necessary to prevent publication of matter that might undermine...
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    barracks was originally known as Dundalk Barracks and was renamed after Frank Aiken, a commander of the Irish Republican Army and an Irish politician. It...
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    Deputy (Party) 4th 1923 Frank Aiken (Rep) Peter Hughes (CnaG) James Murphy (CnaG) 3 seats until 1977 5th 1927 (Jun) Frank Aiken (FF) James Coburn (NL)...
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    of a total of nearly one million. De Valera came to distrust Haughey; Frank Aiken, Minister for Foreign Affairs under de Valera and his lifelong political...
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  • years until September 1941 serving under his former cabinet colleague, Frank Aiken. He was based at Upper Yard, Dublin Castle and would in time be the subject...
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    support of Leader of the Opposition, Garret FitzGerald, of Fine Gael and Frank Cluskey, of the Labour Party. In 2008, Historian John Walsh claimed that...
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  • Rise of Populism on the Left and among Independents". In Toril Aalberg; Frank Esser; Carsten Reinemann; Jesper Stromback; Claes De Vreese (eds.). Populist...
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    v t e De Valera cabinet (1957–1959) Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera Frank Aiken Neil Blaney Kevin Boland Erskine H. Childers Seán Lemass Jack Lynch Seán MacEntee...
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    cabinet (1932–1933) President of the Executive Council: Éamon de Valera Frank Aiken Joseph Connolly Thomas Derrig James Geoghegan Seán Lemass Seán MacEntee...
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    Retrieved 26 March 2018. Mackay, p. 217 O'Broin, Leon. Michael Collins Frank Pakenham, Peace by Ordeal, (1972) p.245-247 Churchill, Winston (1929), The...
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    November 1936 – 8 September 1939 Taoiseach Éamon de Valera Preceded by Frank Aiken Succeeded by Thomas Derrig Minister for Posts and Telegraphs In office...
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    September 1939 – 18 February 1948 Taoiseach Éamon de Valera Preceded by Frank Aiken Succeeded by Thomas F. O'Higgins Minister for Posts and Telegraphs In...
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  • troops and with Mary Hyland and Lily Kempson, was among a small force under Frank Robbins which occupied the College of Surgeons opposite the Green and failed...
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