Seán MacBride was born on 26 January 1904 in Paris, the son of John MacBride and Maud Gonne. His father was executed by the British government for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Rising from a domestic Irish political career, Seán MacBride founded or participated in many international organisations of the 20th century, including.. 1/2
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... the United Nations, the Council of Europe and Amnesty International. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, the Lenin Peace Prize for 1975 - 1976 and the UNESCO Silver Medal for Service in 1980. 2/2
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@bullivant Why should I blame his mum that she filled William's days with misery or that she would of late have taught to ignorant men most violent ways or hurled the little streets upon the great, had they but courage equal to desire?
(from memory, while eating my McBrekkie)
Ha looks like we covered the same man. Who would have guessed the #IrishHistory soace woukd get so crowded LOL
Attached: 1 image Did you know that one of the founders of Amnesty International was #Irish and was born #OnThisDay 120 years ago? His father was executed in 1916 and his mother was both a political nationalist and the beautiful muse of poet William Butler Yeats. Read more about the extraordinary life of Seán McBride here => https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/otd-birth-of-sean-macbride-1904 #GlobalIrishNation #HumanRights #IrishHistory #OTD #Mastodaoine
Haven’t managed to do an episode on MacBride, he is a fascinating figure and likely is more worthy of a season
I will be releasing an episode on Sunday featuring Dan Mulhall, former Irish ambassador to the US and we’ll be taking about WB Yeats and his importance not just as a cultural icon, but a man who shaped #IrishHistory
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