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This Week in the History of the Irish: August 31 - September 6
DOMHNAIGH -- On August 31, 1767, Henry Joy McCracken, leader of the United Irish rising in Antrim, was born in Belfast. McCracken was running a cotton factory by the age of 22. He and Thomas Russell organized the first Society of United Irishmen in Belfast in 1791. He was imprisoned for…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: August 24- August 30
DOMHNAIGH -- On August 24, 1968, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association marched from Coalisland to Dungannon in County…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: August 17 - August 23
DOMHNAIGH -- On August 17, 1778, Bernardo O'Higgins, the father of Chilean independence, was born in Chile. Bernardo's mother was…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: August 10 - August 16
LUAIN -- On August 11, 1744, during the War of Austrian Succession, the Irish Brigade of Spain fought at the battle of Velletri, in Italy, against an Austrian army commanded by Irishman Field Marshal Count Maximillian Ulysses Browne, of Limerick. The surprise attack of Browne's Austrians…
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This Week in the History of the Irish: August 3 - August 9
| Courier & Ives print. Thomas F. Meagher in zouave uniform while a captain commanding Company K of the 69th New York State Militia. … |
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