Michael O'Flanagan States in April 1925 to help Sinn Féin contest a number of by-elections. That summer he was suspended from clerical duties and forbidden to say mass because of his nationalist activities and anti-clerical speeches he had made in America. In March 1926, the Sinn Féin ard fheis narrowly defeated de Valera's proposal to enter the Free State Oireachtas if the Oath of Allegiance were removed. O'Flanagan sided with the majority. De Valera left to found Fianna Fáil, which eclipsed Sinn Féin at the June 1927 election. O'Flanagan remained with the reduced Sinn Féin. Bishop Coyne died in July 1926, but
Bernard Fein actor on numerous programs from 1959 through 1967 on such shows as "The Untouchables", "Sea Hunt", "Lawman", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "77 Sunset Strip", "Perry Mason", and "The F.B.I." to name just a few. He also appeared in a handful of films during this time including "The Facts of Life", "The Murder Men" and "Robin and the 7 Hoods" among others. Bernard Fein Bernard Fein (November 13, 1926, New York City – September 10, 1980, Los Angeles, California) was an American actor, television producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for co-creating and associate producing the 1960s American television