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Post by groundhog on Oct 27, 2012 15:19:04 GMT
Edward Wogan [/b] Born;Unknown Died;February 1654 Wars; English Civil War, Cromwellian Campaign in Ireland Famous For;Successful defence of Fort Duncannon against Ireton’s men.
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Post by groundhog on Oct 27, 2012 23:55:23 GMT
Morgan O'Connell [/b] Born; 31st October 1804, Dublin Died; 20th January 1885, Dublin Wars; South American Wars of Independence from Spain Famous For; Son of Daniel O’Connell, The Liberator |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 29, 2012 2:18:41 GMT
Joseph Finegan [/b] AKA; General Joseph Finegan, Confederate States Army Born; 17th November 1814, Clones, Co. Monaghan Died;29th October 1885, Ruteledge, Florida Wars;American Civil War Famous For;Defeated the Union Army at the Battle of Olustree
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Post by groundhog on Oct 30, 2012 0:26:35 GMT
Eoin O'Duffy [/b]  O'Duffy in his Blueshirt days Owen O’Duffy, Eoin Ó Dubhthaigh Born; 30th October 1892, Co. Monaghan Died; 30th November 1944, Dublin Wars; War of Independence, Civil War, Spanish Civil War Famous For;Founded the Blueshirts |
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Post by groundhog on Oct 31, 2012 11:24:17 GMT
William Francis Butler AKA; Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Butler Born; 31st October 1838, Golden, Co. Tipperary Died;7 th June 1910, Bansha, Co. Tipperary Wars; Red River Expedition, Ashanti War, Zulu War, Sudan Campaign 1884 Famous For;As Commander in Chief South Africa before the Boer War he controversially opposed war with the Boer Republics. |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 1, 2012 0:07:08 GMT
Kevin Barry  AKA; Caoimhín de Barra Born; 20th January 1902, Dublin Died; 1st November 1920, executed Mountjoy Prison, Dublin Wars; Irish War of Independence Famous For;He was the first Republican executed in the War of Independence |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 2, 2012 12:38:51 GMT
James Daly  AKA;35025 Private James Daly, 1st Bn, Connaught Rangers Born; about 1898, Tyrellspass, Co. Westmeath Died;2nd November 1920, Executed Dagshai Prison, India Wars; Connaught Rangers Mutiny, India. Generally considered to be part of the Irish War of Independence Famous For;He was the last British soldier executed for Mutiny archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/IrelandGenWeb/2004-02/1077565827 |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 3, 2012 0:03:13 GMT
John Perrot AKA; Lord Deputy of Ireland 1584-88 Born; November 1528, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire Died; 3 Nov 1592, Tower of London Wars; Tudor Conquest of Ireland Famous For;May have been a bastard child of King Henry VIII www.guildofstmatthias.org/perrot.html |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 4, 2012 11:08:16 GMT
William of Orange  AKA;King William III (of England), Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, Prince of Orange, Duke of Nassau Born; 4th November 1650, The Hague, Holland Died; 8th March 1702, England Wars; Franco-Dutch War, Anglo-Dutch War, Williamite Campaign in Ireland Famous For;The Glorious Revolutio in which he overthrew his first cousin and father in law James II as King. Winning the Battle of the Boyne |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 5, 2012 0:11:02 GMT
John Holwell  AKA;Dr John Zephaniah Holwell Born; 17th September 1711, Dublin Died; 5th November 1798 Wars;British Conquest of India Famous For;He survived incarceration in and publicised the story of the Black Hole of Calcutta, which in turn gave its name to an Irish post in Lebanon. |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 6, 2012 11:28:04 GMT
Owen Roe O'Neill  AKA; Eoin Roe O'Neill or Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill Born; c. 1590 Died; 6th November 1649, Cloughoughter Castle, Co. Cavan Wars;Eighty Years War (Spain), Confederate Wars Famous For; His speech to rally the troops before Benburb |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 7, 2012 9:42:52 GMT
Laval Nugent von Westmeath  Born; November 3, 1777, Ballynacor, Co. Down Died; August 21, 1862, Karlovac, Croatia Wars; War of the Fifth Coalition, First Italian War of Independence, the Carbonari Rebellion and the Hungarian Revolution Famous For; Was a Field Marshal in the Austrian Army |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 8, 2012 10:51:46 GMT
Jon Riley  AKA;John O’Reilly Born; 8th February 1824, Clifden, Co. Galway Died; 10th October 1850, Veracruz, Mexico Wars; The Mexican–American War Famous For;Was one of the San Patricios, US soldiers who deserted to fight for Mexico. |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 9, 2012 23:52:58 GMT
Liam Lynch  AKA; Liam Ó Loingsigh Born; 9th November 1893, Anglesboro, Co. Limerick Died; 10th April 1923, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary Wars; War of Independence, Civil War Famous For; Was Chief of Staff, IRA from 1922 to 1923. Mortally wounded near Newcastle, Co. Tipperary and died in Clonmel that evening. |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 10, 2012 0:00:42 GMT
Padraig Pearse  AKA; Patrick Pearse Born;10th November 1879, Dublin Died; 3rd May 1916, executed Kilmainham Jail, Dublin Wars; 1916 Rising Famous For; He was the driving force behind the 1916 Rising |
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