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Post by groundhog on Apr 24, 2013 19:44:46 GMT
[/img][/center] AKA; Eduardo Francisco MacLoughlin Born; 1918, Venado Tuerto Died; 1983 Wars; Argentine Revolution Famous For; Grandson of James MacLoughlin of Morristown, Co. Wexford, he held the rank of Air Commodore but also held many political appointments including attaché at the Argentine Embassy in London during negotiations to cede sovereignty of the Falklands to Argentina in 1968
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Post by groundhog on Apr 25, 2013 0:03:46 GMT
Oliver Cromwell  AKA; Lord Protector of England Born; 25th April 1599, Huntingdon Died; 3rd September 1658, London Wars; English Civil War, Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland Famous For; Killing King Charles and taking over as Lord Protector of England. And Drogheda, Wexford and various other massacres
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Post by groundhog on Apr 27, 2013 11:28:53 GMT
Harry Boland  AKA; Henry James Boland, Enri Ua Beolláin Born; 27th April 1887, Dublin Died; 2nd August 1922, Died of wounds in Dublin Wars; 1916 Rising, War of Independence, Civil War Famous For; A friend of Michael Collins, he nevertheless sided with the Anti-Treaty side in the Civil War
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Post by groundhog on Apr 27, 2013 23:03:19 GMT
Eyre Coote  AKA; Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote Born; 1726, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick Died; 28th April 1783, Madras, India Wars; Jacobite Rebellion, Second Carnatic War, Seven Years War, Second Mysore War Famous For; Defeated the French at the decisive Battle of Wandiwash
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Post by groundhog on Apr 30, 2013 7:20:03 GMT
Loftus William Otway  AKA; General Sir Loftus William Otway Born; 28th April 1775, Castle Otway, Tipperary Died; 7th June 1854, London Wars; 1798 Rebellion, Peninsular War Famous For; Fought at Vinegar Hill with the 5th Dragoon Guards. Commanded a Portuguese Cavalry Brigadefor much of the war. |
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Post by groundhog on Apr 30, 2013 7:35:12 GMT
Liam Tobin AKA; Major General Liam Tobin, William Joseph Tobin Born; 1895, Cork Died; 30th April 1963, Dublin Wars; 1916 Rising, War of Independence, Civil War Famous For; One of the leaders of the Army Mutiny of 1924
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Post by groundhog on May 1, 2013 8:14:22 GMT
Arthur Wellesley AKA; 1st Duke of Wellington Born; 1st May 1769, Dublin Died; 14th September 1852, Kent Wars; Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Second Anglo-Maratha War, Peninsular War Famous For; Defeating Naopleon
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