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... United Irishmen In October, society known 1791, the as the “United Irishmen” was formed to support Parliamentary Reform and Dr. Dickson sought membership. However, it is not certain if in fact he was ever enrolled as a member. Here again he eagerly pursued ...
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... ANTRIM Link with the United Irishmen R. Frederick Mulligan, of I‘l Parkhall, who died in hospital last week at an advanced age was a direct descendant of William Orr who was executed at Carrickfergus on October 14, 1797, on being found guilty £ administering ...
... pleasant part of the Maine Valley that lies between Cullybackey and Glarryford. After the failure of the “turn-out” of the United Irishmen this was one of the districts terrorised by the notorious Thomas Archer and his band, who carried on a ferocious kind ...
... preparation continued and Toome's band of the United Irishmen grew in numbers and skill. Soon Roddy McCorley was promoted to lead the corps Under his guidance and strict discipline the better of the United Irish soldiers were made ready for battle. g CREEE ...
... described as a man “in the tradition of the United Irishmen of 1798. In a statement of support for Mr. Turnly, the Ballymena branch of the party claims: ‘*John Turnly is a Protestant in the tradition of the United Irishmen of 1798 and all those honourable men ...
... Belfast, the organ of the United Irishmen and a newspaper noted for its ex- . treme views., A Thomas, who was of a scholarly disposition, also held an imyorunt position in the “Star.” Both, needless to say, were United Irishmen and were imprisoned when ...
... finally agreed that the insurrection should take place on ' Thursday, June 7. It appears that in April, 1797, the number of United Irishmen in County Antrim smounted to 22,726, equipped with 12 pieces of cannon (three. and sixpounders), omne mortar, 2,228 guns ...
... Impossible The United Irishmen now began to realise that Parliamentary reform was impossible to achieve and so they prepared themselves for a rebellion. Dr. Dickson apparently never attended the society meetings of the United Irishmen, but we do know ...
... Leaders There he met Samye! Neilson. Henry Joy McCracken, Thomas Russell and other United Irishmen leaders. Hope became known in the organisation as the “Spartan” because of his special skill in carrying out difficilt and dangerous missions. ; Beiween ...
... claimed before t* subsequent court-mart that his task was to wat. for the appearance . United Irishmen. And surely, leprechauns could be classed as united Irishmen Then, again, the whole affair could be considered a complete fairy story. To conclude our ...