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... most daring of the frontiersmen. Inthe 1770'5, 1780 s and 17905, Presbyterians were prominent amongst the Volunteers and United Irishmen. In fact, following the 1798 Rising, two Presbyterian ministers were executed, six imprisoned and eighteen exiled. Mr ...

Published: Thursday 14 October 1982
Newspaper: Banbridge Chronicle
County: Down, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Marianne makes her mark

... as she then was, first developed her interest in the United Irishmen. She went on to research the movement, eaming a Ph.D. at Oxford. Marianne’s definitive study — Partners in Revolution: The United Inshmen and France — was published in 1982 and enthu ...

Published: Thursday 16 May 1985
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 263 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

NYONE who has read Andrew Boyd’s Holy War in Belfast; anyone who has studied the history of 17th Century Ireland

... history of 17th Century Ireland or that of the 1790 s - the rise of Orangeism and the Rising and brutal suppression of the United Irishmen - anyone who has read the history of Ireland between 1912 and 1922 as well as all who have lived through the years since ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 295 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Marples

... political wall flanking, as do so many such walls, a railway cuttingg This is now dominated by two Irish slogans, Get United Irishmen and Up The IRA. ...

Published: Friday 21 July 1972
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 316 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

– TVHIGHLIGHTS

... one of the most celebrated figures in Irish history, became the best known figure of the United Irishmen — the underground revolutionary organisation formed to unite Catholics and Protestants in an effort to break the tie with England. (BBC 2 8.10 pm) THE ...

Published: Thursday 13 July 1989
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 340 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Tracing the steps of St. Patrick

... early Middle Ages risked death on every journey. West of Strangford is the wide-streeted town of Ballynahinch where 7,000 United Irishmen lost the decisive battle of the 1798 rebellion. South of Ballynahinch on the slopes of Cratlieve mountain stands the Legananny ...

Published: Friday 01 July 1994
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 361 | Page: 66 | Tags: none

Majority for Mr. Wan!

... Majority for Mr. Wan! : This is a splendid victory for united Irishmen aeninst the Government, and it will probably be followed by similar vietories in other parts of Ulster. The only scats which the Gevernment ean hold, it is sid. are those for Belfast ...

WOLFE TONE CELEBRATION AT DUBLIN

... (Bosten), and seconded by Mr. John Mahex (Bathurst, Australia), declaring adhesion to the principles of Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen in their struggle for Ireland’s freedom, and pledging those present to bend their energies to regaining national independence ...

Published: Saturday 27 August 1898
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 472 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Global view of Robbie Burns

... travelling to Scotland to meet with Burns. Like him, the weaver poets were radical, with many of them supporting the United Irishmen in the rebellion of 1798, and many described themselves as men of little education, who like Burns were forced to seek ...

Published: Saturday 30 November 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 433 | Page: 147 | Tags: none

Friday, WHAT’S ON FRIDAY

... Wilde Goose Theatre presents ‘Wilde!” by Paul Macardle, Bpm. B Room 16G45, Jordanstown Campus: Ulster-Scots and the United Irishmen, I.oopm. B Millennium Forum Theatre, Newmarket Street, Londonderry: Watershed Productions present The Borrowers, 11.00 ...

Published: Friday 31 May 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 431 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Tomorrow

... Strauss 3.00 Spirit of the Age 4.00 100 Great Singers 4.15 Centurions 4.30 The Year 5.45 Sunday Feature Pizarro and the United Irishmen 6.30 Private Passions 7.30 Sunday Play: Major Barbara 10.00 Choir Works 11.30 World Music 12.00 BBC Symphony Orchestra ...

Published: Saturday 14 November 1998
Newspaper: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 477 | Page: 10 | Tags: none