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Christopher Fettes | |
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| Cathaoirleach (Chairperson) of the Green Party | |
| In office 1981–??? | |
| Preceded by | New Office |
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| Born | Bromley,Kent,England |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Education | Clayesmore School,Dorset |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Christopher Fettes (born 1937) is an English former teacher,farmer and founder of the Irish Green Party. He is an honorary member of the International Vegetarian Union and of the World Esperanto Association.
Christopher Fettes was born in Bromley,Kent,England and educated at Clayesmore School,Dorset,and in English and French at Trinity College Dublin. He taught for a year in France and then for 37 years at Saint Columba's College,Dublin,for most of that time as a housemaster. During that period,he revived the Irish Anti-Vivisection Society and the Esperanto Association of Ireland,became an Irish citizen in 1970,and founded the Vegetarian Society of Ireland and was Secretary of the European Vegetarian Union.
In 1981,he initiated and chaired the founding meeting of the Ecology Party of Ireland,which later became the Irish Green Party. [1] He stood unsuccessfully as a Green candidate for the European Parliament in 1984. [2] He contested the 2002 general election and the 2011 general election in the Laois–Offaly constituency. [2]
He was a government appointee on the Central Council of the Irish Red Cross.
For a number of years,Fettes accompanied children to Esperanto youth and family gatherings in various European countries.[ citation needed ] From 1988 to 1996,he served as international coordinator for the International Children's Camps of the World Esperanto Association.[ citation needed ]
In 1991,he purchased the remains of the Bloomville estate:55 acres of land with a decaying Georgian farmhouse in County Offaly. Since he retired in 2000,this has been slowly restored,and in 2011 was highlighted by the Engage with Architecture Centre in Tullamore. From time to time,he organizes small conferences for sections of the Green Party,The Tolkien Society,the Open Christianity Network and other bodies. Several thousand deciduous trees have been planted in the estate. In addition,Esperanto-speakers from as far away as Australia and Brazil,Japan and Korea are provided with free accommodation.[ citation needed ]
L. L. Zamenhof developed Esperanto in the 1870s and '80s. Unua Libro,the first print discussion of the language,appeared in 1887. The number of Esperanto speakers have increased gradually since then,without much support from governments and international organizations. Its use has,in some instances,been outlawed or otherwise suppressed.
The Green Party is a green political party that operates in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. As other like-minded Green parties,it has eco-socialist/green left and more moderate factions. It holds a pro-European stance. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and adopted its current English language name in 1987 while the Irish name was kept unchanged. The party leader is Eamon Ryan,and the deputy leader is Catherine Martin and the cathaoirleach (chairperson) is Pauline O'Reilly. Green Party candidates have been elected to most levels of representation:local government,Dáil Éireann,the Northern Ireland Assembly,and the European Parliament.
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Events from the year 1981 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1949 in Ireland.
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