Liam Mellows

Politician

1895 – 1922

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Who was Liam Mellows?

Liam Mellows was an Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician. Born in England, Mellows grew up in County Wexford in Ireland. He was active with the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers, and participated in the Easter Rising in County Galway, and the War of Independence. Elected as a TD to the First Dáil, he rejected the Anglo-Irish Treaty and was captured by pro-Treaty forces during the Irish Civil War. Mellows was executed by Free State forces in 1922.

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Born
May 25, 1895
United Kingdom
Lived in
  • Manchester
Died
Dec 8, 1922

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on July 23, 2013

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