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the 1920 Republican National Convention in Chicago's Wabash Avenue Coliseum.
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Mayor Big Bill Thompson (center) was popular among many of the Irish. IFC's 8th President, Michael J. Fatherty called him "the greatest statesman Illinois has ever had since Abraham Lincoln." Fiercely anti-British, Thompson's 1920 campaign song
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The young General Michael Collins waged an unrelenting guerilla war against British troops in Ireland and was the brother of IFC member Patrick Collins. This portrait is by Irish artist Leo Whelan.
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Chicago attorney and 26th IFC President Roger Faherty was an important bridge between Ireland's independence government and American supporters.
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chicago debutante Lady Hazel Lavery grew up on Astor Street and married Irish artist Sir John Lavery. Using her wide influence, she helped level the playing field for the Irish delegates at the Treaty Conference in 1921 and fell in love with Michael Colli
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The Provisional Parliament of the Irish Republic, the Dail, voted to accept the terms of the 1921 Treaty. The divisions that swept the nation ended in a bloody civil war.
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Dublin under siege during the tragic 1922 civil war that claimed the life of General Michael Collins.
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Patrick Cardinal O'Donnell, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, was celebrated by the IFC during his 1926 visit to Chicago.
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First President of the Irish Free State William T. Cosgrave visited Chicago in 1928 and was the center of the IFC's greatest celebration.
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In recognition of her great contribution to the Irish Free State, Lady Lavery's face appeared as the image of Ireland on its new paper currency in 1928. Today, she is the watermark on Ireland's currency.
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Portrait making the visit of Irish President Cosgrave's American visit. Left to right seated: Diarmiud O'Heagarty, Desmond Fitzgerald, William T. Cosgrave, Timothy Smiddy and Joseph O'Reilly; standing: IFC Secretary Kevin Kelley, IFC President Roger Fahe
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