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... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 21 January 1998
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

414 . • Rebellion: Story of the risen people ;'-'4o'.iprin-:-:f::;...P- tide -4.;:f revolt

... • 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 ...

Published: Saturday 23 May 1998
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 463 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

revolting products of logic

... contentious an ideological context was no simple matter, and the United Irishmen realised what was at best an ephemeral success'. But however emphemeral the success. the United Irishmen achieved more than any succeeding generation has managed to do. Today ...

Published: Sunday 17 October 1993
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 580 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

HYDE PARK ORATOR

... has frequently come to close quarters with Communists, but he is well able far all corners. The aim of the United Irishmen is to work for a united Ireland based on the proclamation of 1916, as well as to foster Gaelic culture and traditions among the Irish ...

Published: Friday 27 October 1950
Newspaper: Catholic Standard
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A T Q STEWART

... PROPHET OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE By Marianne Elliott Yale University Press £16.95 ( UK) of the formation of the Society of United Irishmen draws near, we have a superb biography. I can think of no one better qualified to write it than Dr Marianne Elliott, a ...

Published: Sunday 12 November 1989
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

CHENEVIX

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 27 February 1993
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 527 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

By A.T.Q. STEWART

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 23 May 1998
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 407 | Page: 41 | Tags: none

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... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 01 March 1988
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 224 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Summer of Ireland's middle-class rebels

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 20 January 1996
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 412 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

• Rebellion: Story of the risen people

... 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- • ...

Published: Saturday 23 May 1998
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 69 | Page: 40 | Tags: none