... The United Irishmen revitalise their season. DON HOWE, shown the door by QPR last season became they felt he was too old, was hock in the managedal business last eight with first division Coventry. Coach Howe, 56, was banded an 16-month contract by new ...

... Edward Fitzgerald deprived the United Irishmen of one of their few leaders with military experience 17 The Presbyterian radicals of Antrim and Down remained aloof from this conflict and thousands of them joined the United Irishmen. As 1796 opened then. the ...

... present-day Orange tradition whose ancestors were members of the United Irishmen, declared Mr Ahern. The best way of all to crown the bicentenary and fulfil the ideals of the United Irishmen would be to reach a new lasting and peaceful end to the conflict ...

... • Rebellion: Story of the risen people ;'-'4o'.iprin-:-:f::;P - tide -4.;:f revolt THE SOCIETY of United Irishmen was founded in November 1791. in the heady early days of the French Revolution. For their first four years, they remained a small organisation ...

... SILENCE: ME HIDDEN ORIGINS OF THE UNITED IRISHMEN, by A.T.Q.Stawart. Fabor and Faber, US DR. STEWART'S fascinating book is both a history of the Belfast Volunteers and an investigation into the origins of the United Irishmen. ' Green independent of Britain ...

... independence of Ireland. Tone pro%ided suitable resolutions and suggested changing the name to 'thc United Irishmen'. Being the cradle of the Society of United Irishmen, however, is not the same thing as being the cradle of the 1798 Rising. Quite a lot had happened ...

... buildings that once was a meeting place for the United Irishmen ttheir work would secure the future of the hall. Mr. Haughey recalled its rich history including its period as a venue for Society of United Irishmen meetings prior to the '9B Rising. We can therefore ...

... Catholic terrorists BY CHARLES CHENEVIX TRENCH n 1798 the rising which the government most feared, and from which the United Irishmen hoped most. was in Antrim and I)ov.n. The principle rebels were l're.hterians in the tradition of the oluntecrs of the ...

... Robert Emmet (left) went to Europe after the rebellion; a 19th century depiction of the travelling gallows used to hang United Irishmen; Michael Dwyer was one of the bravest guerrilla leaders, continuing to fight after 1796 sue , I -.s • !It ..r• er- • ...

... ties with France. In the national commemoration of 1798 the government had sought to reclaim the political vision of the United Irishmen, that of democratic, non- By UAM MOLLOY sectarian, inclusive politics, which could embrace and sustain all the people ...

... campaign of repression that did serious. though not fatal, damage to the United Irishmen in Antrim and Down. As this assault on the conspiracy took place though. the United Irishmen gained thousands of recruits outside of Ulster. especially in the northern ...

... becomes clear but above all she names the two officers of an active service unit of the United Irishmen in the parish as well as her neighbouring Protestant peer, a high ranking United Irish Motivations? What made men from a stable and distinctive dialect ...