31/3/1872 - 12/8/1922 | Patriot, Writer, journalist, and TD.
Arthur Griffith was born at Upper Dominick Street, Dublin in March 1872. After leaving school he followed his father into the printing trade and worked with the "Irish Independent" and "The Nation".
Griffith was strongly influenced by Charles Stewart Parnell and his nationalist ideals. He was a founding member of the Celtic Literary Society in 1893 and was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the Gaelic League.
In 1896 Griffith traveled to South Africa and worked in a diamond mine. While there he helped to found a small newspaper in the Transvaal.He returned to Ireland in 1898 to edit the new weekly newspaper "United Irishman".
Contributors to the paper included well known Irish writers George Russell and W.B. Yeats. Griffith was alarmed at the growing adoption of English tastes in literature, sport and social mannerisms.
Griffith was strongly influenced by Charles Stewart Parnell and his nationalist ideals. He was a founding member of the Celtic Literary Society in 1893 and was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the Gaelic League.
In 1896 Griffith traveled to South Africa and worked in a diamond mine. While there he helped to found a small newspaper in the Transvaal.He returned to Ireland in 1898 to edit the new weekly newspaper "United Irishman".
Contributors to the paper included well known Irish writers George Russell and W.B. Yeats. Griffith was alarmed at the growing adoption of English tastes in literature, sport and social mannerisms.
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