Pikemen return to Vinegar Hill to mark 203rd anniversary of June 21 battle

... Vinegar Hill Pike Company and the Oulart Hill Pikers contributed a total of about 25 costumed soldiers, in the dress of the United Irishmen of the 18th century. They were joined by a group of interested spectators as they marked June 21 by laying a wreath at ...

Published: Wednesday 27 June 2001
Newspaper: Enniscorthy Guardian
County: Wexford, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 230 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... In Ireland • 1994 Exploration • 1993 From Farm To Factory • 1992 Revolutionary Movements of The Americans, French and United Irishmen. To revise for this question you should study the main aspects covered in Year 2 of your Junior Cert. course i.e. ■ E ...

Published: Tuesday 30 March 2004
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 264 | Page: 78 | Tags: none

WEEKEND

... fractured bones and broken arms. But there is a deeper, more insidious torture. Aine Ryan on a remarkable initiative. 20-24 UNITED IRISHMEN Roy Keane and Denis Irwin were responsible for bringing more silverware to Old Trafford than Ali Baba ever brought to ...

Published: Saturday 22 November 2003
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 211 | Page: 46 | Tags: none

Ghostly happenings at haunted rectory

... Hamilton sought refuge at the Waller home on a fateful March night. Dr Hamilton, a magistrate, was being pursued by some United Irishmen because of his opposition to their revolutionary plans. When they demanded he be - handed over Mrs Waller rushed to protect ...

Published: Friday 03 March 2006
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 236 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Tributes to 1798's Baffle of Arklow

... Wicklow granite are simply inscribed: *Saoirse agus Cothrom na Feinne (Freedom and Equality), the aspirations of the United Irishmen. On Saturday after noon, June 8, Mr. Brian Cleary - a widely respected expert on that era of history - will unveil the ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 2002
Newspaper: Wicklow People
County: Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

What’s on tomorrow ‘9

... Grand Charity car boot sale, bantam and poultry fair in aid of Romanian orphans, noon. @ Linen Hall Library, Belfast. United irishmen Commemoration Society Conference, 10am-4pm, registration £lO, £7. @ Enkalon Sports and Social Club, Randalstown Road, ...

Published: Friday 17 October 2003
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HERITAGE CENTRE

... their camp on Bray Head in 1914 while the inside front cover carried the Roll of Honour, Rathdown, Bray and District United Irishmen (1797- 1803) while the inside back cover carried the Roll of Honour, Oglaigh na hEireann (1916-1921). Copies of this limited ...

Published: Thursday 29 June 2000
Newspaper: Bray People
County: Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

* Plantation in Ireland

... study of individual countries the syllabus guidelines state that this would include Ireland from the founding of the United Irishmen 1791 to Robert Emmet's Rebellion 1803, America up to the drafting of the Constitution 1783 and France up to end of the ...

Published: Wednesday 18 April 2007
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 241 | Page: 90 | Tags: none

Gene Kerrigan on a case of bureaucracy gone mad in a property battle that may end up in the courts

... hard to see just whose !merest was being served. ,bouse at c4iiiana,' Sivords,.Co Dublin, was built in the 1750 s by a United Irishmen leader (he fought in Napoleon's Irish Brigade at the battle of Cremona) and has been owned by the Crilly family since ...

Published: Sunday 23 January 2000
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 249 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Dunbrody Famine Ship set for film stardom Aisling DONNELLY

... the new owner has no intention of changing the name over the door. The premises, with its historic assoriations to the United Irishmen of 1798, was put up for sale earlier this year, with a guide price of around E 600,000. However, there were no offers ...

Published: Wednesday 16 October 2002
Newspaper: New Ross Standard
County: Wexford, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 237 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

failed. As did the United

... failed. As did the United Irishmen Rising in 1798 and the 1916 Rising. But they succeeded in a way that obviously escapes Widger - they ensured that the issue of British occupation remained on the agenda, as indeed it still does today. For example, on ...

Published: Sunday 05 October 2003
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 250 | Page: 15 | Tags: none