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... by the United Irishmen and had come under attack during the ‘battle of Ballynahinch’. “There was a famous event in the 1790 s where the second Earl of Moira Francis Rawdon was celebrating his birthday inside the Market House and outside the United Irishmen ...
... 1798 plan under way DOWN District Council ‘l:'&muslu the his 1798 United Irishmen rebellion battlefield at Windmill Hill, Ballynahinch. The council and the eration Co-m plan to develop the 17- acre site as a commemorative park. Both nationalist and unionist ...
... burial place of George ‘Bloody’ Hutchinson - an infamous magistrate who earned a bloodthirsty reputation during the 1798 United Irishmen rebellion with his ‘on-the-spot’ executions. The graveyard tour starts today at 4pm and the spooky theme continues with ...
... and the United Irishmen. He made particular mention of three men, David Bailie Warden, Thomas Ledie Birch from Saintfield and John Caldwell from Ballymoney, Co Antrim. He said Warden: “was arguably the most brilliant intellectual that the United Irishmen ...
... spine-tingling tour, recalling fascinating tales of the past involving wealthy merchants, paupers and leaders of the United Irishmen, including Henry Joy Mec- Cracken Am ong the most interesting facts was how bodysnatching became a popular past time for ...
... and final lecture - on Friday, 31 May at Ipm at Jordanstown Campus - will examine the role of the Ulster-Scots in the United Irishmen and the 1978 Rebellion. This talk, from Professor David Wilso from the University of Toronto, should interest many people ...
... with two other men from Downpatrick and Loughinisland, for his part in an abortive uprising just five years after the United Irishmen rebellion. He is buried in the grounds of the town’s parish church. Sinn Fein councillor Eamon McConvey said it was a ...
... not always so. The house has been associated in the past with murder, grief and penury. One night, in 1797, a band of United Irishmen came demanding weapons. The owner John Cumming, whose family had been granted the place by Lord Clanbrassil, refused to ...
... 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 ...
... Building, College @ Queen’s Film Theatre: QFTI: Tal- Square North, Belfast: A Disunited Kingdom? Ireland after the Union, United Irishmen Commemoration Society lecture by Christine Kinealy, Tpm. @® Holywood: Naughty Ninepins and Bold Babes - a display on Rosamund ...
... free, refreshments provided. Friday May 31 I.oopm Room 16G 45, Jordanstown Campus. DTR Il (vt Toy Ulster-Scots and the United Irishmen - talk. Professor David Wilson from the University of Toronto will consider the role played by the Ulster-Scots in the ...
... 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 ...