Monthly Archives: May 2018

WHEN TENANTS WERE ‘OBLIGATED’ TO VOTE FOR THEIR ‘LANDLORD’.

Posted on May 30, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (30TH MAY) 220 YEARS AGO : “INSURGENTS TAKE POSSESSION…”. “Nothing can exceed the melancholy aspect of this place. The insurgents in our neighbouring county of Wexford are so numerous as to have taken possession of and destroyed … Continue reading →

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IRISHMEN WHO CONTINUE TO DO WRONG DESPITE KNOWING IT.

Posted on May 23, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (23RD MAY) 264 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF A ‘UNITED IRISHMEN’ FOUNDING FATHER. “Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defileThe cause, or the men, of the Emerald Isle.” – the words of William Drennan, physician, poet, … Continue reading →

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IRELAND’S PUREST, BRAVEST AND BEST LOVED SON.

Posted on May 9, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (9TH MAY) 190 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRISH REVOLUTIONARY, NOVELIST, POET AND JOURNALIST. Charles Joseph Kickham (pictured), an Irish revolutionary and a leadership figure in the Irish Republican Brotherhood, was born on this date – … Continue reading →

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FIGHTING AN UNFORGIVING RULING CLASS.

Posted on May 2, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (2ND MAY) 224 YEARS AGO : PRISON ESCAPE BY AN IRISH REPUBLICAN, WHO LIVED FOR HIS COUNTRY, AND DIED FOR HIS FAMILY. ‘Little about Archibald Hamilton Rowan’s beginning in life suggested that he would become a leading … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: May 2018

WHEN TENANTS WERE ‘OBLIGATED’ TO VOTE FOR THEIR ‘LANDLORD’.

IRISHMEN WHO CONTINUE TO DO WRONG DESPITE KNOWING IT.

IRELAND’S PUREST, BRAVEST AND BEST LOVED SON.

FIGHTING AN UNFORGIVING RULING CLASS.

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