H.E. Ambassador István Pálffy laying wreath at Arthur Griffith’s grave

To mark the anniversary of Arthur Joseph Griffith's (31 March 1871 – 12 August 1922) death, the first President of the Irish Free State, H.E. István Pálffy, Ambassador of Hungary to Ireland laid a wreath at Arthur Griffith’s grave to honour his memory. Arthur Griffith was an Irish politician and writer who founded and later led the political party Sinn Féin. He served as President of Dáil Éireann from January to August 1922, and was chairman of the Irish delegation at the negotiations in London that produced the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.The fundamental principles on which Sinn Féin was founded were outlined in the book published in 1904 by Griffith called The Resurrection of Hungary, exemplary of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.