Today's ceremony will mark centenary of death of 'father of the nation' Arthur Griffith
Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins at the 1921 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis. They died within days of each other the following year, with Griffith's centenary being marked on August 12, 2022. Picture: Walshe/Getty
A remembrance ceremony marking the centenary of the death of Arthur Griffith will take place at Leinster House today.
Mr Griffith, the founder of the Sinn Féin party, led the delegation which signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921 and has been described as the “father of the nation”.
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