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| | Padraig Pearse |
 | | Writer, essayist, poet, educator, philosopher, revolutionary, Padraig Pearse is one of the founders of the modern Irish nation. |
 | | One of the early modern proponents of the Irish language and culture as a political device against English subjection, Pearse was the author of many works, including "The Murder Machine," a stinging critique of English education in Ireland. |
 | | He was executed on May 3, 1916 with fourteen other rebels and signatories of the Irish Declaration of Independence, a document largely written by Pearse. |
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