-
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...
- The
Society of
United Irishmen was a
sworn ****ociation,
formed in the wake of the
French Revolution, to
secure representative government in Ireland. Despairing...
-
Kingdom of Ireland. The main
organising force was the
Society of
United Irishmen.
First formed in
Belfast by
Presbyterians opposed to the
landed Anglican...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
Affaire des
Irlandais de Vincennes; also
known as the
Vincennes Three, or
Irishmen of Vincennes,
although one of the
arrestees was not a man) was a major...
- 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...
- its
client aristocracy, in 1791 Tone
helped form the
Society of
United Irishmen.
Although received in the
company of a
Catholic delegation by the King...
-
Confederation would thus
become Pro Deo, pro Rege et Patria,
Hibernia unanimis ('
Irishmen United for God, King and Country'), with any idea of a
republic ditched...
