Michael

Michael Griffin

Michael
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Irish Roman Catholic priest

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According to Wikipedia, Michael Griffin was an Irish Catholic priest who was murdered during the Irish War of Independence. Life Griffin was born in the townland of Gurteen, County Galway, to Thomas George Griffin, a farmer, and Mary Coyne . In the 1901 and 1911 censuses, the family was recorded as living in the neighbouring townland of Gortnacross. Griffin's father had been serving as the chairman of Galway County Council when he died in 1914; he had also been associated with the Irish National Land League, along with the political movement of its founder, Charles Stewart Parnell, and was imprisoned for his activities in the 1880s.

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