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Post by groundhog on Feb 28, 2013 9:55:06 GMT
Sean Mac Diarmada  AKA; John MacDermott, Sean MacDermott Born; 28th February 1883, Co. Leitrim Died; 12th May 1916, executed in Kilmainham Jail, Dublin Wars; 1916 Rising Famous For; Stationed in the GPO during the Rising he was one of the main planners of the rebellion
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Post by groundhog on Mar 1, 2013 9:37:55 GMT
[/img] [/center] Born; 1887, Dublin Died; 1 March 1966, Dublin Wars; Easter Rising, War of Independence, Civil War Famous For; Army Director of Intelligence for a time during the Civil War and later took over oversight of the Criminal Investigation Department, a para-military counter insurgency police force |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 2, 2013 0:35:49 GMT
[/img][/center] AKA; 1st Viscount Gough, Paddy Gough, Tipperary Joe Born; 3rd November 1779, Co. Limerick Died; 2nd March 1869, Dublin Wars;South Africa, West Indies, Peninsular War, First Opium War, First and Second Sikh Wars Famous For; When informed that his guns were running short of ammunition at the Battle of Sobraon he replied "Thank God! Then I'll be at them with the bayonet." |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 3, 2013 0:02:43 GMT
Dudley Costelloe  AKA; Colonel Dudley Costelloe, Dubhaltach Caoch Mac Coisdealbhaigh Born; Unknown Died; 3rd March 1667, Co. Mayo Wars; Confederate Wars Famous For; He was an officer in the Confederate army in the 1640s and later became a Colonel in the Spanish army. His family lands were stolen by the Dillons against whom he engaged in a guerrilla war until his death. |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 4, 2013 10:57:37 GMT
Robert Barton  AKA; Robert Childers Barton Born; 4th March 1881, Co. Wicklow Died; 10th August 1975, Co. Wicklow Wars;WW1, 1916 Rising, War of Independence, Civil War Famous For; He was an officer in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the 1916 Rising, an experience that converted him to Republicanism. He was the last surviving signatory of the Anglo-Irish Treaty |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 7, 2013 10:46:42 GMT
Henry Edward Napier  Born; 5th March 1789, Celbridge, Co. Kildare Died; 5th September 1836, Italy Wars; Napoleonic Wars Famous For; Unlike his brothers, who served in Wellington’s army, Henry chose a naval career
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Post by groundhog on Mar 7, 2013 10:47:34 GMT
[/img][/center] AKA; Major-General Emmet Dalton Born; 4th March 1898, USA Died; 4th March 1978, Dublin Wars; WW1, War of Independence, Civil War Famous For; Won a Military Cross at the Battle of Ginchy- “I fought for Ireland with the British and fought for Ireland against them”
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Post by groundhog on Mar 9, 2013 13:59:05 GMT
Maurice O'Donnell
AKA; Moritz Graf O’Donnell von Tyrconnell Born; 1780, Vienna Died; 30th November 1843, Dresden, Germany Wars; Napoleonic Wars Famous For; A descendant of the O’Donnells of Ulster he commanded the 45th Infantry Regiment of the Austrian army and rose to the rank of Brigadier General.
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Post by groundhog on Mar 11, 2013 10:37:01 GMT
James Fintan Lalor  AKA; Séamas Fionntán Ó Leathlobhair Born; March 10, 1807, Raheen, Co. Laois Died; December 27, 1849, Dublin Wars; Tried to reorganise rebellion after 1848 in Co. Waterford Famous For; He was an important link in the 19th century chain of rebellions
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Post by groundhog on Mar 11, 2013 10:51:52 GMT
Tom Clarke  AKA; Tomás Séamus Ó Cléirigh, Henry Wilson Born;11th March 1858, England Died; 3rd May 1916, executed in Kilmainham Jail, Dublin Wars; Clan na Gael bombing campaign England 1880s, 1916 Rising Famous For; One of the organisers of the Easter Rising
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Post by groundhog on Mar 13, 2013 11:01:13 GMT
Michael O'Dwyer  AKA; Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer, Lieutenant- Governor of Punjab Born; April 1864, Solohead, Co. Tipperary Died; 13th March 1940, assassinated in London Wars; None, he was a member of the Indian Civil service Famous For; Supported Gen. Reginald Dyer’s actons in the Amritsar massacre of 1919 for which he was assassinated by a Sikh revolutionary, Udham Singh |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 13, 2013 11:09:27 GMT
Patrick Moran  Born; 13th March 1888, Crossna, Co. Roscommon Died; 14th March 1921, executed in Mountjoy Jail Wars; War of Independence Famous For; One of the Forgotten Ten
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Post by groundhog on Mar 16, 2013 21:48:37 GMT
Frank Flood  AKA; Francis Xavier Flood Born; June 1901, Dublin Died; March 14th 1921, executed Mountjoy Jail, Dublin Wars; War of Independence Famous For; One of the “Forgotten Ten”, he was the youngest of the six men executed on March 14th 1921 |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 16, 2013 21:54:20 GMT
Patrick Doyle  Born;1892, Dublin Died; 14th March 1921, executed Mountjoy Jail, Dublin Wars; War of Independence Famous For; One of the “Forgotten Ten”
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Post by groundhog on Mar 16, 2013 22:15:59 GMT
Anthony St Ledger  AKA; Lord Deputy of Ireland Born; c. 1496, Kent Died; 16th March 1559 Wars; Tudor Conquest of Ireland Famous For; Appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland 7th July 1540, he had the act passed through the Irish parliament conferring the title King of Ireland on Henry VIII
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