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Post by groundhog on Jan 11, 2013 12:37:23 GMT
George Beresford  AKA; General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior Born; 2nd October 1768, an illegitimate son of the Marquess of Waterford Died; 8th January 1856 Wars; Napoleonic Wars Famous For; Invaded Argentina without authorisation in 1806. Appointed C-in-C of the Portuguese Army in 1809 for the duration of the Peninsular War |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 12, 2013 11:41:01 GMT
Leopoldo O'Donnell  AKA; General Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuan, 1st Count of Lucena, 1st Viscount of Aliaga, Grandee of Spain Born; 12th January 1809, Tenerife Died; 5th November 1867, France Wars; Carlist War, fighting Cuban revolutionaries Famous For; Backed the regency of Queen Maria Christina for the infant Queen Isabella II. Became Prime Minister of Spain |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 13, 2013 20:37:14 GMT
Claud Hamilton
AKA; 4th Earl of Abercorn Born; 13 September 1659, Tyrone Died; August 1691, killed in action off the coast of France Wars; Williamite Wars Famous For; A Catholic peer he fought for James at the Boyne and Aughrim |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 15, 2013 0:41:01 GMT
Nicholas Bagenal
AKA; Sir Nicholas Bagenal, Bagnol or Bagnal Born; c. 1510, England Died; c. 1590, Newry, Co. Down Wars; Tudor Conquest of Ireland Famous For; He was Marshal of the Army in Ireland |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 15, 2013 0:43:07 GMT
Terence Bellew MacManus  Born; 1823, Tempo, County Fermanagh Died; 15th January 1861, San Francisco, California Wars; 1848 Rebellion Famous For; Escaping from a Penal Colony in Australia in 1852 |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 16, 2013 0:54:45 GMT
Francis Fogarty  AKA; Air Chief Marshal Sir Francis Joseph Fogarty Born; 16th January 1899, Cork Died; 12th January 1973, Surrey, England Wars; WW1, WW2 Famous For; Air chief marshal RAF post WW2 |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 18, 2013 11:16:03 GMT
Thomas Blood  Born; 1618, probably Co. Clare Died; 24th August 1680, London Wars; English Civil War Famous For; Once tried to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 18, 2013 11:17:00 GMT
[/img] Monument to Sir William Brabazon in St. Catherine's Church Dublin [/center] AKA; Sir William Brabazon Born; Unknown about 1500, Eastwell, Leicestershire Died; 9 July 1552, Dublin Wars; Tudor Conquest Famous For; He was vice-treasurer and lord justice of Ireland |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 19, 2013 17:30:56 GMT
Richard Bingham  AKA; Sir Richard Bingham Born; 1528, Dorset, England Died; 19th January 1599, Dublin Wars; Tudor Conquest Famous For; He was Governor of Connacht, marshal of Ireland and general of Leinster |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 20, 2013 0:53:51 GMT
John Plantagenet AKA; King of England, Lord of Ireland, John Lackland Born; 24th December 1166/1167 Died; 18th /19th October 1216 Wars; Wars with France, Scotland and rebellious nobles in England and Ireland Famous For; In 1210 he came to Ireland with a large force to crush a rebellion by Anglo-Norman lords. As a result of his campaign several castles were built including those in Limerick and Ardfinnan |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 21, 2013 8:48:14 GMT
Basil Brooke AKA; 1st Viscount Brookeborough Born; 9 June 1888, Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh Died; 18th August 1973, Co. Fermanagh Wars; WW1 Famous For; Won the MC in WW1, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland for 20 years
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Post by groundhog on Jan 22, 2013 16:53:25 GMT
Henry O'Donnell
AKA; Field Marshal Don Henry Joseph O'Donnell y Mareschal, 1st Count of la Bisbal Born; 1769, Spain Died; 1834, France Wars; Peninsular War. Famous For; Held the rank of Field Marshal in the Spanish Army |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 23, 2013 18:42:55 GMT
Henry Gallagher  AKA; Sergeant Henry Gallagher Born; March 1855, Killenaule, Co. Tipperary Died; 17th Dec 1931, Drayton, Hampshire Wars; Zulu War Famous For; He was at the defence of Rorke’s Drift 22nd/23rd January 1879. In later life he recalled that he had to tear off the sleeve of his jacket and wrap it around the barrel of his rifle because it was so hot from firing it. |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 24, 2013 11:13:23 GMT
[/img][/center] Born; 20th March 1780, Monaseed, Co. Wexford Died; 24th January 1862, Paris Wars; 1798 Rebellion, Napoleonic Wars Famous For; Became a Brigadier General in the French army of Napoleon after fleeing Ireland. |
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Post by groundhog on Jan 25, 2013 21:10:33 GMT
Hugh Tudor  AKA; Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Tudor Born; 1871, Devon Died; 25th September 1965, St. John's, Newfoundland Wars; WW1, Irish War of Independence Famous For; Officially he was appointed Police Adviser to the RIC but he was the de facto Chief of Police of the RIC |
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