Gonne

(gŏn, gŭn), Maud 1866?-1953.

Irish patriot and actress. A leader of the Irish independence movement, she was a founder (1906) of Sinn Fein.

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Gonne - Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953)

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