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#OTD in 1820 – Death of physician, poet, educator and political radical, William Drennan, one of the chief architects of the Society of United Irishmen.

William Drennan’s poetic output included some powerful and moving pieces. He is chiefly remembered today for “Erin” written in 1800, in which he penned the first reference in print to Ireland as “The Emerald Isle”: “Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defile The cause, or the men, of the Emerald Isle.” Drennan came to national attention with the publication in 1784 and 1785 of his Letters of…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Belfast #Clifton Street #Dublin Society of United Irishmen #educationalist #Erin #Henry Joy McCracken #Manifesto #physician #Poet #political radical #Society of United Irishmen #The Emerald Isle #The Wake of William Orr #Theobold Wolf Tone #William Drennan

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#OTD in 1796 – Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay.

A French fleet under General Hoche with Wolfe Tone, 43 vessels and 14,500 men sails from Brest in December and is scattered by storms; 36 ships arrive at Bantry Bay but do not attempt a landing and return to France, thus preventing what might have been an Irish/French victory over the English. Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay. High winds…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bantry Bay #Brest #England #France #French Fleet #General Hoche #Ireland #Theobold Wolf Tone

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#OTD in 1796 – A French invasion fleet set sail from Brest with the aim of bringing revolution to Ireland.

“If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our strength shall come from that great and respectable class, the men of no property”. –Theobald Wolfe Tone The founder of the United Irishmen had an abiding hatred of England declaring his objective was “to subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our…

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#OTD #1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bodenstown #Co. Kildare #England #France #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish #Irish History #Theobold Wolf Tone #Wolfe Tone&039;s grave

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#OTD in 1796 – Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay.

#OTD in 1796 – Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay.

A French fleet under General Hoche with Wolfe Tone, 43 vessels and 14,500 men sails from Brest in December and is scattered by storms; 36 ships arrive at Bantry Bay but do not attempt a landing and return to France, thus preventing what might have been an Irish/French victory over the English. Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay. High winds…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bantry Bay #Brest #England #France #French Fleet #General Hoche #Ireland #Theobold Wolf Tone

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#OTD in 1796 – A French invasion fleet set sail from Brest with the aim of bringing revolution to Ireland.

#OTD in 1796 – A French invasion fleet set sail from Brest with the aim of bringing revolution to Ireland.

“If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our strength shall come from that great and respectable class, the men of no property”. –Theobald Wolfe Tone The founder of the United Irishmen had an abiding hatred of England declaring his objective was “to subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our…

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#OTD #1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bodenstown #Co. Kildare #England #France #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish #Irish History #Theobold Wolf Tone #Wolfe Tone&039;s grave

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#OTD in 1803 – Execution of Thomas Paliser Russell in Downpatrick for ‘high treason’.

Born in Dromahane, Co Cork to an Anglican family, Thomas Russell joined the British army in 1783 and served in India. He returned to Ireland in 1786 and commenced studies in science, philosophy and politics. in July 1790 he met Theobald Wolfe Tone in the visitor’s gallery in the Irish House of Commons and they became firm friends. In 1790 Russell resumed his military career as a junior officer in…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Athens of the North #Belfast #Belfast Society #Co. Cork #Co. Down #Downpatrick #Downpatrick Gaol #Dromahane #Dublin #Henry Joy McCracken #History #History of Ireland #Mary Ann McCracken #Samuel Neilson #Society of United Irishmen #Theobold Wolfe Tone #Thomas Paliser Russell #William Drennan

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishman, Bartholomew Teeling, is hanged in Dublin.

Captain Bartholomew Teeling was born in 1774 in Lisburn, Co Antrim. He was a leader of the Irish forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and carried out an act of bravery during the Battle of Collooney. Following his capture at the Battle of Ballinamuck where an Irish-French army under General Humbert was defeated by the British, Teeling was tried by court-martial at the Royal Barracks, Dublin,…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bartholomew Teeling #Battle of Ballinamuck #Brother #Dublin #Matthew Tone #Sligo #Theobold Wolfe Tone #Ulster #United Irishman

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#OTD in 1767 – Birth of United Irishman, Thomas Paliser Russell, in Kilshanick, Co Cork.

Although born in the Rebel County, he is now identified in the popular imagination of Co Down and elsewhere as “The man from God Knows Where”, from the ballad which recalls his charismatic but doomed efforts to raise the county in support of Robert Emmet’s rebellion of 1803. Thomas Russell joined the British army in 1783 and served in India. He returned to Ireland in 1786 and commenced studies in…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Athens of the North #Belfast #Belfast Society #Co. Cork #Co. Down #Downpatrick #Downpatrick Gaol #Dromahane #Dublin #Henry Joy McCracken #History #History of Ireland #Mary Ann McCracken #Samuel Neilson #Society of United Irishmen #Theobold Wolfe Tone #Thomas Paliser Russell #William Drennan

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#OTD in 1767 – Birth of United Irishman, Thomas Paliser Russell, in Kilshanick, Co Cork.

#OTD in 1767 – Birth of United Irishman, Thomas Paliser Russell, in Kilshanick, Co Cork.

Although born in the Rebel County, he is now identified in the popular imagination of Co Down and elsewhere as “The man from God Knows Where”, from the ballad which recalls his charismatic but doomed efforts to raise the county in support of Robert Emmet’s rebellion of 1803. Thomas Russell joined the British army in 1783 and served in India. He returned to Ireland in 1786 and commenced studies in…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Athens of the North #Belfast #Belfast Society #Co. Cork #Co. Down #Downpatrick #Downpatrick Gaol #Dromahane #Dublin #Henry Joy McCracken #History #History of Ireland #Mary Ann McCracken #Samuel Neilson #Society of United Irishmen #Theobold Wolfe Tone #Thomas Paliser Russell #William Drennan

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#OTD in 1803 – Execution of Thomas Paliser Russell in Downpatrick for ‘high treason’.

#OTD in 1803 – Execution of Thomas Paliser Russell in Downpatrick for ‘high treason’.

Born in Dromahane, Co Cork to an Anglican family, Thomas Russell joined the British army in 1783 and served in India. He returned to Ireland in 1786 and commenced studies in science, philosophy and politics. in July 1790 he met Theobald Wolfe Tone in the visitor’s gallery in the Irish House of Commons and they became firm friends. In 1790 Russell resumed his military career as a junior officer in…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Athens of the North #Belfast #Belfast Society #Co. Cork #Co. Down #Downpatrick #Downpatrick Gaol #Dromahane #Dublin #Henry Joy McCracken #History #History of Ireland #Mary Ann McCracken #Samuel Neilson #Society of United Irishmen #Theobold Wolfe Tone #Thomas Paliser Russell #William Drennan

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishman, Bartholomew Teeling, is hanged in Dublin.

#OTD in 1798 – United Irishman, Bartholomew Teeling, is hanged in Dublin.

Captain Bartholomew Teeling was born in 1774 in Lisburn, Co Antrim. He was a leader of the Irish forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and carried out an act of bravery during the Battle of Collooney. Following his capture at the Battle of Ballinamuck where an Irish-French army under General Humbert was defeated by the British, Teeling was tried by court-martial at the Royal Barracks, Dublin,…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bartholomew Teeling #Battle of Ballinamuck #Brother #Dublin #Matthew Tone #Sligo #Theobold Wolfe Tone #Ulster #United Irishman

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#OTD in 1820 – Death of physician, poet, educator and political radical, William Drennan, one of the chief architects of the Society of United Irishmen.

#OTD in 1820 – Death of physician, poet, educator and political radical, William Drennan, one of the chief architects of the Society of United Irishmen.

William Drennan’s poetic output included some powerful and moving pieces. He is chiefly remembered today for “Erin” written in 1800, in which he penned the first reference in print to Ireland as “The Emerald Isle”: “Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defile The cause, or the men, of the Emerald Isle.” Drennan came to national attention with the publication in 1784 and 1785 of his Letters of…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Belfast #Clifton Street #Dublin Society of United Irishmen #educationalist #Erin #Henry Joy McCracken #Manifesto #physician #Poet #political radical #Society of United Irishmen #The Emerald Isle #The Wake of William Orr #Theobold Wolf Tone #William Drennan

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#OTD in 1796 – A French invasion fleet set sail from Brest with the aim of bringing revolution to Ireland.

#OTD in 1796 – A French invasion fleet set sail from Brest with the aim of bringing revolution to Ireland.

“If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our strength shall come from that great and respectable class, the men of no property”. –Theobald Wolfe Tone The founder of the United Irishmen had an abiding hatred of England declaring his objective was “to subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our…

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#OTD #1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bodenstown #Co. Kildare #England #France #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish #Irish History #Theobold Wolf Tone #Wolfe Tone&039;s grave

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#OTD in 1796 – Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay.

#OTD in 1796 – Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay.

A French fleet under General Hoche with Wolfe Tone, 43 vessels and 14,500 men sails from Brest in December and is scattered by storms; 36 ships arrive at Bantry Bay but do not attempt a landing and return to France, thus preventing what might have been an Irish/French victory over the English. Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay. High winds…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bantry Bay #Brest #England #France #French Fleet #General Hoche #Ireland #Theobold Wolf Tone

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#OTD in 1820 – Death of physician, poet, educator and political radical, William Drennan, one of the chief architects of the Society of United Irishmen.

#OTD in 1820 – Death of physician, poet, educator and political radical, William Drennan, one of the chief architects of the Society of United Irishmen.

William Drennan’s poetic output included some powerful and moving pieces. He is chiefly remembered today for “Erin” written in 1800, in which he penned the first reference in print to Ireland as “The Emerald Isle”: “Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defile The cause, or the men, of the Emerald Isle.” Drennan came to national attention with the publication in 1784 and 1785 of his Letters of…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Belfast #Clifton Street #Dublin Society of United Irishmen #educationalist #Erin #Henry Joy McCracken #Manifesto #physician #Poet #political radical #Society of United Irishmen #The Emerald Isle #The Wake of William Orr #Theobold Wolf Tone #William Drennan

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#OTD in 1796 – Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay.

#OTD in 1796 – Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay.

A French fleet under General Hoche with Wolfe Tone, 43 vessels and 14,500 men sails from Brest in December and is scattered by storms; 36 ships arrive at Bantry Bay but do not attempt a landing and return to France, thus preventing what might have been an Irish/French victory over the English. Wolfe Tone writes in near despair of efforts to land French invasion forces at Bantry Bay. High winds…

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#1798 United Irishmen Rebellion #Bantry Bay #Brest #England #France #French Fleet #General Hoche #Ireland #Theobold Wolf Tone