... UNITED IRISHMEN The clandestine nature of the McManus/Magnier raid suggests more than mere investment. Brian Carey and Conor Brophy report 40 P vzsclafon(, ...

... as virtual dictator until 1823. IBM Historian Dr Richard Madden born in Dublin. He wrote a fourvolume history of the United Irishmen (1842-6). 1S Eight British soldiers were killed and 27 injured when a ...

... Bertie Ahern TD pi AßlANNE Elliott's Robert Emmet distills the man from the myth. As a prominent historian of the United Irishmen, Elliott is well qualified to do so. Robert Emmet was a hero, a rebel and a romantic. But he was more. The genuine romance ...

... n Dwyer: escaped Rebellion were transported. Of that number, around 105 were Wicklowmen. Some of the 1798 rebels - United Irishmen - such as Billy Byrne were hanged in or near the gaoL Hugh Vesty Byrne, a first cousin of Michael Dwyer, the Wicklow Chieftain' ...

... 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 ...

... of Kingston, who had extensive estates in 18th century Cork and Roscommon. Margaret rebelled by allegedly joining the United Irishmen; Mary by eloping, pregnant, with a cousin some years her senior. Their mother, Caroline Fitzgerald, had been the richest ...

... puritan revolution and follows the fortunes of Portavo during the 16405, when units of the Roundhead army were billeted in its homes. It examines the connections with the United Irishmen and the political intrigues that went on in the run up to the 1798 Rebellion ...

... emotional response too, affirming that music artistry and ideology maintain an unspoken, mutual predates both united Irishmen and the United States. And none of Earle's song sentiment is far off a chunk of Irish song anyway, particularly that of Christy ...

... about Napoleon are part of the fabric of traditional singing in English. That this should be so is the result of the United Irishmen putting faith in French democracy. The principles of the 1776 American declaration of independence had been Trafalgar ...

... Rosslare or driving broken down useless cars without tax or insur• ance. On this day 1795: Death at Newgate Prison of United Irishmen leader Lord Edward Fitzgerald 11120: Death of patriot and orator Henry Grattan 1949: Death of Marguerite, Countess of ...

... , just five years after the rebellion of 1798 had been crushed amid massive bloodshed. Because of his links with the United Irishmen, Emmet fled to France in 1798 when he was still a student at Trinity College. There he met Napoleon who convinced him ...

... developing the myth. One surprising revelation is the extent to which RR Madden, the most respected chronicler of the United Irishmen, took his account of Emmet from the openly fictional work of the journalist Michael James Whitty. By the late 19th century ...