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Ernest William Blythe (Irish: Earnán de Blaghd; 13 April 1889 – 23 February 1975) was an Irish journalist, managing director of the Abbey Theatre, and politician who served as Minister for Finance from 1923 to 1932, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and Vice-President of the Executive Council from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Local ...
Ernest Blythe (1889–1975) was a key figure in the Irish revolution, the Irish Free State, and the Irish-language revival. He joined the IRB in 1906, edited Irish Freedom, organised the Irish Volunteers, and became a minister and the Abbey Theatre director.
Ernest Blythe was a central figure in the Irish revolution and early Free State, who later became the Abbey Theatre director. He also joined the Orange Order while working for a unionist newspaper in Ulster, a secret he never revealed in his autobiographical writings.
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Mar 26, 2020 · Ernest Blythe was a journalist, IRB member and Sinn Féin leader in Ulster and Cork. He was elected to the first Dáil in 1918 and became a minister in the Irish Free State.
Nov 15, 2018 · Thu Nov 15 2018 - 18:10. It was no secret to his friends or enemies that Ernest Blythe could be as two-faced as the shilling he took off the old age pension in 1924. His short-lived front-man...
A startling discovery about Ernest Blythe (1889–1975), a central figure in the Irish revolution and early Free State, who re-emerged as managing director of the Abbey Theatre (1941–67) after his premature departure from parliamentary politics in 1936. ERNEST BLYTHE— Orangeman and Fenian. By David Fitzpatrick.
Ernest William Blythe ( Irish: Earnán de Blaghd; 13 April 1889 – 23 February 1975) was an Irish journalist, managing director of the Abbey Theatre, and politician who served as Minister for Finance from 1923 to 1932, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and Vice-President of the Executive Council from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Local Government ...
