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Post by groundhog on Sept 23, 2012 23:00:42 GMT
Bartholomew Teeling Rank; Aide de Camp to General Humbert Born; 1774, Lisburn, Co. Antrim Died; 24th September 1798, Executed in Dublin Wars; 1798 Rebellion Famous For; One of only a few men that we know is buried in Croppie’s Acre, Dublin. Single handed captured a British cannon at Collooney, Co. Sligo |
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Post by groundhog on Sept 24, 2012 23:05:46 GMT
Thomas Ashe Rank; Battalion Commander, Irish Volunteers Born; 12th January 1885, Lispole, Co.Kerry [ Died; 25th September 1917, Dublin. Died as a result of being force-fed while in prison Wars;1916 Rising Famous For; Commanded the Fingal Battalion Irish Volunteers at Ashbourne, Co. Meath during the Easter Rising |
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Post by groundhog on Sept 26, 2012 0:11:41 GMT
Peter Lacy AKA; Pierce Lacy, Count Peter von Lacy, Pyotr Petrovich Lacy Born; 26th September 1678, Co. Limerick Died;about 1750, Riga, Russia (now Latvia) Wars;Williamite Wars (Ireland), Nine Year’s War (France), Great Northern War, War of the Polish Succession, Russo-Turkish War, Russo-Swedish War (Russia) Famous For;He was the most successful Russian Army Commander of the 18th Century |
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Post by groundhog on Sept 27, 2012 17:06:55 GMT
Patrick d'Arcy Rank; Colonel Irish Brigade (France) Born; 27 September 1725, Co. Galway Died; 18 October 1779, Paris Wars; Seven Years War 1756–1763 Famous For;He was an eminent Mathematician |
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Post by groundhog on Sept 27, 2012 23:06:51 GMT
Edward Carson AKA; Lord Carson Born; 9th February 1854, Dublin Died; 22nd October 1935, Isle of Thanet, Kent Wars; None. He was a barrister and politician. As a fervent Unionist he founded the Ulster Volunteers which instigated the formation of the Irish Volunteers Famous For; First signatory of the Ulster Covenant a century ago today, 28th September 1912 |
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Post by groundhog on Sept 28, 2012 23:04:05 GMT
Matthew Tone Rank; Officer in Humbert’s Army 1798 Born; September 7th 1768, Dublin Died; September 29th 1798, Executed in Dublin Wars; 1798 Rebellion Famous For; Like Bartholomew Teeling, he is one of the few we know are buried in Croppie’s Acre, Dublin |
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Post by groundhog on Sept 30, 2012 21:37:09 GMT
Arthur Griffith Rank; Acting President Dáil Éireann 1919-21, President Dáil Éireann January-August 1922 Born; 31st March 1872, Dublin Died; 12th August 1922, Dublin Wars; Didn’t take up arms but was a leading figure behind the Irish revolution of 1916-1921. Signatory of the Treaty that led to the Civil War. Famous For; Founded Cumann na nGaedheal as an umbrella group for various nationalist groups on this date 1900. Cumann na nGaedheal eventually became Sinn Fein |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 1, 2012 23:46:06 GMT
William Corby [/b] AKA; Father William Corby Born; 2nd October 1833, Detroit, Michigan Died; 28th December 1897 Wars; American Civil War Famous For; Chaplain of the Irish Brigade, Union Army. Has appeared in paintings, photographs, been represented on film and has his own monument on the Gettysburg battlefield. |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 3, 2012 12:10:35 GMT
Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay [/b] AKA; Chevalier de Tessé, Baron d'Ambrières Born; 1651 Died; August 20th, 1701, Cremona, Italy Wars; Nine Years War (Germany), Williamite War Famous For; Second in Command of the Jacobite Army at Aughrim, he also negotiated the Treaty of Limerick which he signed this day in 1691 |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 5, 2012 8:41:05 GMT
Tom Whelan [/b] Rank; Volunteer, A Coy, 3rd Bn, Dublin Brigade, IRA Born; 5th October 1898, Clifden, Co. Galway Died;14th March 1921, executed in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin Wars; Irish War of Independence Famous For; He was one of the Forgotten Ten, men who were executed by the British during the War of Independence and remained buried in Mountjoy until 2001. He was executed for the killing of Capt Bagally on Bloody Sunday Photo Credit; www.hollygardens.com |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 6, 2012 18:16:49 GMT
Wilfrid Spender [/b] [ AKA; Sir Wilfrid Bliss Spender, KCB, DSO, MC Born; 6th October 1876, Plymouth Died; 21st December 1960, Hampshire Wars; World War 1 in 36th (Ulster) Division Quote; I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday, the 1st. July, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world." Famous For; Unionist. Organised the Larne Gun Running, the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Special Constabulary after Partition. |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 7, 2012 9:47:42 GMT
Rory O'Connor [/b] AKA; Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair , King of Connacht (1156 – 1186), High King of Ireland (1166 – 1198) Born; 1116 Died; 1198, Cong, Co. Mayo Wars; Internal power struggles in Connacht, Medieval Wars, Norman Conquest of Ireland Famous For; Signed the Treaty of Windsor on 6th October 1175, officially ceding control of large swathes of Ireland to Henry II Photo Credit; www.algaebase.org/ |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 9, 2012 9:37:33 GMT
Reginald Dyer AKA;The Butcher of Armritsar Born; 9th October 1864, Murree, India (now in Pakistan) Died; 23rd July 1927, England Wars; World War 1, Chitral Expedition , Third Burma War Famous For; Chiefly remembered as being responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Armritsar 13th April 1919. This event was a catalyst in the campaign for Indian independence. It also led to the assassination in 1940 of the man who was Governor of the Punjab at that time- Tipperaryman Michael O'Dwyer |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 9, 2012 23:39:55 GMT
David Synnot [/b] AKA; David Sinnott Rank;Colonel in the Irish Confederate Army Born; Unknown Died; 11th October 1649 Wars; Confederate War, Cromwellian Conquest Famous For; Commanded the Wexford Garrison during the Cromwellian Siege. He was killed during the sack of the town. |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 11, 2012 8:24:39 GMT
Christopher Andrews [/b] AKA; Todd Andrews Born; 6th October 1901, Dublin Died; 11th October 1985, Dublin Wars; War of Independence, Civil War Famous For; Starting a line of FF TDs. Also responsible for Ryan Tubridy who is his grandson Photo Credit; www.ucd.ie/ |
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