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Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald of Ireland

Prime Minister FitzGerald was one of the Ireland's most popular politicians, known to all sides simply as 'Garret'. He served two times prime minister. His gregarious nature, his notorious ability to talk faster than many thought humanly possible, made him a major political force in Ireland.

Garret is the son of Desmond FitzGerald, himself a former Minister for External Affairs in the 1920s. Desmond had been one of the founders of Cumann na nGaedhael, the party created to support the Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in 1921 between Britain and Ireland, and which created the Irish Free State.

As prime minister, he advocated a liberalization of Irish society, to create what he called the non sectarian nation of 'Tone and Davis'. His attempt to introduce divorce was defeated in a referendum, though he did liberalize Ireland's contraception laws. His most dramatic success was in the introduction of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, which provided for a mechanism by which Ireland could be consulted by the British Government under Margaret Thatcher and through a mechanism called the 'Anglo-Irish Conference' contribute to, the governance of Norther Ireland.

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Regular Event

Event Date:

10/18/2010

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7:00 PM

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Registration Deadline Date is 10/17/2010

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	Price
Non-Members	$85.00
Guests Registered by a Member	$35.00
Basic Membership	$9.00
Fellow Membership	Free
Patron Membership	Free
Special Membership - Artist/Student//Rhodes Scholars/White House Fellows	$5.00

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