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Edward McGuire RHA (1932 - 1986) Dr. Sean MacBride (1984) Oil on canvas, 35 x 25cm (13¾ x 9¾) Signed with initials Also signed, inscribed and dated 1984 verso Provenance: From the Collection of Patrick MacEntee SC Nobel laureate, Sean MacBride was born in Paris in 1904, the son of Major John MacBride and Maud Gonne. He remained in Paris until his father’s execution by the British for his involvement in the 1916 Rising. Returning to Ireland he was educated at Mount St. Benedict’s in Wexford, and also briefly at Downside in Somerset. Later Chief of Staff of the IRA, he founded and led Clann na Poblachta from 1946 to 1965, and served as Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951. Rising from a domestic Irish political career, he participated in many international organisations including the United Nations, the Council of Europe and Amnesty International. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, the Lenin Peace Prize the following year and the UNESCO Silver Medal for Service in 1980. He died in 1988.