-
missionaries such as
Saint Columba brought Christianity to
Pictish Scotland. The
Irishmen of this time were also "aware of the
cultural unity of Europe", and it...
-
Kingdom of Ireland. The main
organising force was the
Society of
United Irishmen.
First formed in
Belfast by
Presbyterians opposed to the
landed Anglican...
- The
Society of
United Irishmen was a
sworn ****ociation,
formed in the wake of the
French Revolution, to
secure representative government in Ireland. Despairing...
- however, the
sister of Lord
Edward FitzGerald, a
major leader of the
United Irishmen of 1798,
proclaimed that he was "a
Paddy and no more" and that "he desired...
-
refers to a
distinct group of
settlers living among these Vikings as "
Irishmen".
Further evidence of this
Irish migration to
Wirral comes from the name...
-
Speaking in the
House of
Commons on 16
February 1922,
Churchill said: "What
Irishmen all over the
world most
desire is not
hostility against this country, but...
- to the
summary execution of 28
prisoners being held as
suspected United Irishmen by
yeomanry troops from the
Carnew garrison stationed in the
barracks of...
- Republic. The
rebellion was suppressed, but the
principles of the
United Irishmen were to have a
powerful influence on the
course of
Irish history. Following...
- reform.
Following the
foundation of the
republican Society of the
United Irishmen by Presbyterians, Catholics, and
liberal Anglicans, and the
resulting failed...
-
translatable as "to", "till/until", "up to". The
phrase was used by the
United Irishmen organisation in the 1790s. In 1847, a
group of
Irish volunteers, including...
