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Post by groundhog on Feb 16, 2013 11:08:43 GMT
[/img][/center] AKA; Captain Thomas Lee Born; 1551/1552, Buckinghamshire Died; 13th February 1601, executed at Tyburn Wars; Tudor conquest of Ireland Famous For; Choosing his friends unwisely, he was executed for his support of the Essex rebellion homepage.eircom.net/~leeea/CaptTomLee.htm
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Post by groundhog on Feb 16, 2013 11:19:02 GMT
[/img][/center] AKA; The Wicklow Chief Born; 1772, Glen of Imaal, Co. Wicklow Died; August 1825, Australia Wars; 1798 Rebellion Famous For; After the rebellion Dwyer conducted a guerrilla campaign from the Glen of Imaal until 1803. He was exiled to Australia, arriving there on 14th February 1806
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Post by groundhog on Feb 16, 2013 11:52:16 GMT
Thomas Lally  AKA; Comte de Lally, Baron de Tollendal Born; January 1702, Romans-sur-Isère, France Died; 6 May 1766, Executed in France Wars; 1745 Rebellion, Seven Years War Famous For; Commanded French forces in India and was blamed for the loss of France’s possessions there during the Seven Years War. His father Gerard Lally was a Jacobite from Galway. indigo.ie/~wildgees/lally.htm
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Post by groundhog on Feb 16, 2013 14:25:24 GMT
[/img][/center] AKA; Brigadier General Richard Busteed Born; 16th February 1822, Cavan Died; 14th September 1898, New York Wars; American Civil War Famous For; Union General 1862-63, survived a post war assassination attempt while serving as a judge in Alabama
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Post by groundhog on Feb 17, 2013 0:28:59 GMT
[/img][/center] AKA; St. Clair Augustin Mulholland Born; 1st April 1839, Lisburn, Co. Antrim Died; 17th February 1910, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wars; American Civil War Famous For; Union General in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient |
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Post by groundhog on Feb 18, 2013 0:29:59 GMT
Walter Lane  AKA; Walter Paye Lane Born; 18th February 1817, Co. Cork Died; 28th January 1892, Marshall, Texas Wars; Texas War of Independence, American-Mexican War, American Civil War Famous For;Fought for the Confederacy from the start of the war and rose to General rank. |
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Post by groundhog on Feb 19, 2013 13:47:16 GMT
[/img][/center] AKA; Dr. John O’Dwyer Creaghe, Juan Creaghe Born; 1841, Limerick Died; 19th February 1920, Washington DC Wars; Mexican Revolution Famous For; Creaghe became an anarchist after moving to Argentina in 1874. He was involved in Marxist politics in South America, England, Mexico and the USA, participating in the Mexican Revolution from 1910 |
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Post by groundhog on Feb 20, 2013 0:21:30 GMT
Gerard Lake  AKA; 1st Viscount Lake Born; 27th February 1744, Harrow Died; 20th February 1808, London Wars; American Revolution, 1798 Rebellion, Second Anglo-Maratha War Famous For; Military commander in Ireland during the 1798 Rebellion
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Post by groundhog on Feb 21, 2013 20:16:54 GMT
James English
Born; 22nd February 1782, Dublin Died; 26th September 1819, Margarita Island, Venezuela Wars; South American wars of independence Famous For; Commander of the British Legion in the South American wars of independence
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Post by groundhog on Feb 22, 2013 21:13:52 GMT
Bartholomew Hayden  Born; 22nd February 1792, Co. Tipperary Died; 17th September 1857, Portsmouth, England Wars; Napoleonic Wars (Royal Navy), Brazilian war of independence, Cabanos rebellion (Brazilian Navy) Famous For; One of Brazil’s foremost naval commanders of the period
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Post by groundhog on Feb 23, 2013 0:42:50 GMT
Gerald Lally  AKA; Gerard Lally, Sir Gerald Lally, Gerard O'Mullally Born; c 1670, Tuam, Co. Galway Died; November 1737, Arras, France Wars; Williamite Wars Famous For; Rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the French army, |
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Post by groundhog on Feb 24, 2013 1:58:09 GMT
Thomas Bryan  Born; 1897, Dublin Died; 14 March 1921, executed in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin Wars; Irish War of Independence Famous For; One of the “Forgotten Ten”, prisoners executed in Mountjoy, disinterred and reburied in Glasnevin in 2002
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Post by groundhog on Feb 25, 2013 23:25:14 GMT
Edward Daly  AKA; Ned Daly Born; 25th February 1891, Limerick Died; 4th May 1916, executed Kilmainham Jail, Dublin Wars; 1916 Rising Famous For; Brother in law of Tom Clarke, he was commandant of 1st Dublin Battalion at the Four Courts and the youngest man executed in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising
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Post by groundhog on Feb 26, 2013 0:19:14 GMT
George LeRoy Irwin  AKA; Major-General George Irwin Born; 26th April 1868, Fort Wayne, Michigan Died; 19th February 1931 Wars; Spanish-American War, Philippine- American War, WW1 Famous For; Son of Gen. Bernard Irwin, Irish-born Medal of Honor winner. He commanded the 57th Artillery Brigade in WW1. Fort Irwin National Training Center is named after him.
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Post by groundhog on Feb 28, 2013 9:43:02 GMT
George Colley  AKA; Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley Born; 1 November 1835, Rathangan, County Kildare Died; 27 February 1881, Killed at the Battle of Majuba Hill Wars; Second China War, Ashanti War, First Boer War. Famous For; One of the foremost army officers of his time, he was Commonderin Chief South Africa at the time of the First Boer War. The defeat at Majuba Hill confirmed the independence of Transvaal and was one of the causes of the Second Boer War in 1899.
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