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Michael Davitt

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Straide, Mayo, Mayo, Ireland
Death: May 30, 1906 (60)
Elphis Hospital, Lr.Mount Street, Dublin (Sepsis)
Place of Burial: Mayo, Mayo, Ireland
Immediate Family:

Son of Martin Davitt and Catherine Kielty
Husband of Mary Jane Davitt
Father of Robert Emmet Anthony Davitt, Dr; Kathleen Mary Davitt; Cahir Felim Davitt; Michael Martin Davitt and Eileen Agatha Davitt

Occupation: Journalist
Managed by: Patrick Davitt
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About Michael Davitt

Michael Davitt died at Elphis Hospital, Dublin, on May 30, 1906 of septicaemia after having a tooth extracted. He is buried in the cemetery adjacent to Straide Abbey and behind the church where he was baptized. Over Davitt's grave a Celtic Cross in his memory bears the words "Blessed is he that hungers and thirsts after justice, for he shall receive it." At Straide, the Davitt family church is now a museum that commemorates his life and works. A life-sized bronze statue stands before it. 

The bridge from Achill Island to the mainland is named after him. The town of Haslingden, Lancashire, England has also commemorated Davitt's link with it through a public monument erected in the presence of Davitt's son. The inscription reads as follows:

"This memorial has been erected to perpetuate the memory of Michael Davitt with the town of Haslingden. It marks the site of the home of Michael Davitt, Irish patriot, who resided in Haslingden from 1853 to 1867. / He became a great world figure in the cause of freedom and raised his voice and pen on behalf of the oppressed, irrespective of race or creed, that serfdom be transformed to citizenship and that man be given the opportunity to display his God given talents for the betterment of mankind. / Born 1846, died 1906. / Erected by the Irish Democratic League Club, Haslingden (Davitt Branch)."

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Michael Davitt's Timeline

1846
March 25, 1846
Straide, Mayo, Mayo, Ireland
1888
1888
1894
August 15, 1894
1899
December 10, 1899
Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Dublin, Ireland
1906
May 30, 1906
Age 60
Elphis Hospital, Lr.Mount Street, Dublin
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Straide, Mayo, Mayo, Ireland