Ard Fheis (or the Sinn Fein Convention) was held at the Mansion House, Dublin. Mary MacSwiney, sister of the former Lord Mayor of Dublin who starved himself to death, was elected Chairwoman of the Convention in the absence of Eamon de Valera, imprisoned. More than 1,200 Republicans attended. Mary MacSwiney urged members of Ard Fheis to give up alcoholic drinks and smoking as first measures of passive resistance to the Free State Government. This, she said, would work injury to the Free State and help to save...
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