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| Augustine Birrell, KC , was an English politician, barrister, academic and author. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916, resigning in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.Birrell was born in Wavertree, near Liverpool, the son... |
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