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Period: 1800-1899 X
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Radical journalist James O'Brien was born in County Longford, Ireland and educated at a progressive school ...
From The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest
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Thomas Carlyle remarked that writing a biography of Cromwell required first of all removing a mountain ...
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Parnell, Charles Stewart (1846–1891)
Charles Stewart Parnell, known as the “uncrowned king” of Ireland, was an Irish nationalist leader who ...
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Pearse, Patrick (Pádraig) (1879–1916)
Patrick Pearse, also remembered by the Irish form of his name, Padraig, was the most visible of the leaders ...
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, a noted dramatist and politician, was regarded by friends and foes as the ...
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Tone, Theobald Wolfe (1763–1798)
Theobald Wolfe Tone was an Irish nationalist and political writer. He was born in Dublin on June 20, ...
From The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest
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The United Irish Society, or United Irishmen, was initially a liberal political organization in eighteenth-century ...
From The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest