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Kevin Christopher O'Higgins (Irish: Caoimhghín Críostóir Ó hUigín; 7 June 1892 – 10 July 1927) was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Justice from 1922 to 1927, Minister for External Affairs from June 1927 to July 1927 and Minister for Economic Affairs from January 1922 ...
29 de mar. de 2024 · Kevin Christopher O’Higgins was an Irish statesman who attempted severe repression of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the aftermath of the Irish civil war (1922–23). A man of intellectual power, he was described (by William Butler Yeats) as “a great man in his pride confronting murderous men.”
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10 de mai. de 2022 · Kevin O’Higgins in February 1922: came to be centrally identified with the controversial executions policy and remains the only Irish minister ever assassinated in the history of the State.
- Gerard Shannon
Kevin O’Higgins: builder of the Irish state. It is a sad fact that the spot where Ireland’s first minister for justice lay after he was fatally wounded by three IRA men in 1927 is marked by a ridiculously small cross made by a spade in setting concrete.
26 de nov. de 2022 · In October 1921 a young Irish independence leader posed for photos on his wedding day with his bride and his best man. Just over a year later, in December 1922, Kevin O'Higgins signed the ...
25 de out. de 2011 · Summary. Introduction: the changing political context. In July 1927, Kevin O'Higgins, vice president of the Executive Council and minister for justice, was fatally shot in a street outside of Dublin on his way to Sunday mass. He was one of the most outspoken, prominent, and competent members of Cosgrave's government and one of the ...
Michael Collins, Kevin O’Higgins and Éamonn Duggan leave Dublin Castle after the transfer of power to the Provisional Government, 16 January 1922. Photo: NLI, Joseph Cashman Collection, NPA...
