Title: Seán MacBride
Subtitle: a biography
First published: 1993
Description: MacBride was the son of Maud Gonne and Major John MacBride whose marriage ended in a bitter separation. Father and son never saw each other again. After the Easter Rising of 1916 Maud Gonne came to live in Ireland. Sean joined the IRA becoming its leader in 1938. He later went into politics and became Minister for External Affairs in 1948. He later began an international career with the ILO, Amnesty, and the UN. He was a controversial character, rigid and unmoverable.
Subjects: Biography, Politics and government, Reformers, Statesmen
Places: Ireland
People: Seán MacBride
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: DA965.M227 J67 1993