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Also Known As Mary Teresa Winifred Bourke
Born May 21, 1944 (age 81) • Ballina • Ireland • (Born on this day)
Title / Office president (1990-1997), Ireland • parliament (1969-1989), Ireland
Political Affiliation Labour Party
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)

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Michael D. Higgins
president of Ireland
Bertie Ahern, 2007.
Bertie Ahern
prime minister of Ireland
Seán MacBride, 1978
Seán MacBride
Irish statesman
Blake, Edward
Edward Blake
Canadian statesman
Connolly, James
James Connolly
Irish labor leader and revolutionary
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Conor Cruise O’Brien
Irish diplomat, politician, educator, and journalist
William Henry O’Shea
Irish nationalist
Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar
prime minister of Ireland
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish leader
Micheál Martin
Micheál Martin
prime minister of Ireland
Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Irish leader
Eamon de Valera
Eamon de Valera
president of Ireland
Brian Cowen.
Brian Cowen
prime minister of Ireland
St. Columba
St. Columba
Christian missionary
Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny
prime minister of Ireland
William Thomas Cosgrave
William Thomas Cosgrave
president of Ireland
Constance Markievicz
Anglo-Irish countess and political activist
Arthur Griffith
Arthur Griffith
president of Dáil Éireann
Shane O’Neill
Irish patriot
St. Malachy
St. Malachy
Irish archbishop

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