Desmond FitzGerald (1888-1947), Irish revolutionary, poet and Cumann na nGaedhael politician. 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... A poet exists within a cultural and intellectual tradition and usually writes in a specific language, but the qualities of good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity. ... Cumann na nGaedheal (League of the Gaels) was an Irish language name given to two Irish political parties. ...

Desmond FitzGerald was born in London in 1888. FitzGerald married in 1911, lived in France until 1913 and then moved to County Kerry. During this period he became involved with the Imagist group of poets. He joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914 and organised a Volunteers group in Kerry. In 1915 FitzGerald was imprisoned for making a political speech. He was later expelled from Kerry and moved to County Wicklow. He fought at the 'General Post Office' during the 1916 Rising and was imprisoned. He was released in 1918 when he was elected as a Sinn Féin MP. Following the assembley of the First Dáil in 1919 FitzGerald was appointed Director of Publicity for Dáil Éireann, editing the Irish Bulletin. He was arrested again in March 1921 but was released following the Anglo-Irish Treaty later that year. For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: coord}}}_N_{{{west coord}}}_W_{{{region:IE_type:city}}} {{{north coord}}}° N {{{west coord}}}° W Irish Grid Reference grid}}} {{{irish grid}}} Statistics Province: Munster County: District: County Town: Tralee Code: KY Area: 4,746 km² Elevation: Population: Website: www. ... Ezra Pound, one of the prime movers of Imagism. ... Irish Volunteers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ... Easter Proclamation, read by Pádraig Pearse outside the GPO at the start of the Easter Rising, 1916. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish Bulletin was the official newspaper of the short-lived Irish Republic. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty The Anglo-Irish Treaty, officially called the Articles of association between Ireland and the British Empire, was a treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom and representatives of the (extra-judicial) Irish Republic which concluded the Anglo-Irish War. ...

He supported the Treaty and became the first Minister for External Affairs of the new independent Irish Free State. He represented the new state at the League of Nations and at Imperial Conferences. In 1927 FitzGerald became Minister for Defence. Following the defeat of the government in 1932 he remained as a TD until 1938. That year he was appointed to Seanad Éireann. He remained there until he retired from politics in 1943. The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... A TD or Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas (pronounced orr-och-tas) or National Parliament. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Seanad Chamber The Seanad meets in the former picture gallery in Leinster House. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Fitzgerald was married to the former Mabel McConville, a Protestant Irish nationalist, and one of his sons, Garret FitzGerald, served as Taoiseach on two occasions in the 1980s. Dr. Garret FitzGerald (Irish name: Gearóid MacGearailt) (born February 9, 1926) was the seventh Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; July 1981 to February 1982, and December 1982 to March 1987. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet. ...

Desmond FitzGerald died on April 9, 1947, in Dublin, Ireland. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... This article is about the city in Ireland. ...

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