Cecil Woodham-Smith was born in 1896 in Tenby, Wales. Her family, the Fitzgeralds, were a well-known Irish family, one of her ancestors being Lord Edward Fitzgerald, hero of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Her father Colonel James FitzGerald had served in the Indian Army during the Sepoy Mutiny; her mother's family included General Sir Thomas Picton, a distinguished soldier who was killed at Waterloo. She attended the Royal School for Officers' Daughters in Bath, until her expulsion for taking unannounced leave for a trip to the National ...

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British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, (also known as William the Bastard because he was the product of an affair his father had with a tanner's daughter), conquered England and asserted his right to be king, giving England its first overseas territory (Normandy). The new rulers had dual roles. First, as kings of England they were sovereign lords. Second, as dukes of Normandy, they were vassals of the kings of France. This led to centuries of conflicts which ended with their loss of French holdings in 1558. In the mea ...

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British Empire, British Empire - Background: The English and Scottish Empires, British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom, British Empire - Growth of the overseas empire, British Empire - Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy, British Empire - The Elizabethan era, British Empire - The Stuart era, British Empire - Scottish Empire, British Empire - Colonization, British Empire - Free trade and informal empire, British Empire - British East India Company, British Empire - Expansion, British Empire - Collapse, British Empire - Breakdown of Pax Britannica, British Empire - Britain and the New Imperialism, British Empire - British Colonial Policy, British Empire - Britain and the Scramble for Africa, British Empire - Home Rule in white-settler colonies, British Empire - The impact of the First World War, British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland, British Empire - Decolonisation and Decline, British Empire - Extent, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Antarctica, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Pacific, British Empire - Extent after World War II, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Territories Lost by British Empire before 1921, British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories, British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government, British Empire - Other Overseas Territories, British Empire - Crown Dependencies in British Isles Outside UK & EU, British Empire - Personal Unions, British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707, British Empire - Kingdom of Great Britain 1707 - 1801, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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He returned to politics in the 1810s, campaigning for Catholic Emancipation, that is, the repeal of all anti-Catholic legislation enforced in Ireland. As part of his campaign, he sought and won election to the United Kingdom House of Commons in 1828, even though as a Roman Catholic, he was ineligible for membership because of his refusal to take an oath to the King as head of the Church of England. His election and subsequent re-election in 1829, forced the government of the Duke of Wellington in 1829 to repeal the prohibitions and grant emancipation, which also liberated not just Catholics but ...

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Daniel O'Connell, Daniel O'Connell - Early Life, Daniel O'Connell - Campaigning for Catholic Emancipation, Daniel O'Connell - Campaign for Repeal of the Union, Daniel O'Connell - Political Beliefs and Programme, Daniel O'Connell - Death and Legacy, Daniel O'Connell - Footnotes, Daniel O'Connell - O'Connell quotes

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Ireland 1691-1801 - The Penal Laws. The Irish Parliament of this era was almost exclusively Anglican in composition. Catholics had been barred from holding office in the early 17th century, barred from sitting in Parliament by mid century and finally disenfranchised in 1727. Jacobitism, the traditional ideology of Gaelic and Catholic Ireland, had been utterly defeated in the Williamite war in Ireland which ended in 1691. The defeat of the Catholic landed classes in this war meant meant that thier lands continued ...

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Ireland 1691-1801, Ireland 1691-1801 - Economic Situation, Ireland 1691-1801 - Irish Parliament and Politics, Ireland 1691-1801 - The Penal Laws, Ireland 1691-1801 - Grattan's Parliament and the Volunteers, Ireland 1691-1801 - The United Irishmen the 1798 Rebellion and the Act of Union, Ireland 1691-1801 - Culture, Ireland 1691-1801 - Legacy, Ireland 1691-1801 - Sources

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In 1868, Moore's father was elected MP for Mayo and the family moved to London the following year. Here, Moore senior tried, unsuccessfully, to have his son follow a career in the military. When his father died in 1870, Moore inherited the family estate which had a total valuation at the time of £3,596. He handed it over to Maurice to manage and moved to Paris to study art on attaining his majority in 1873. He met many of the key artists and writers of the time, including Pissarro, Degas, Renoir, Monet, Daudet, Mallarmé, Turgenev and, above all, Zola, who was to prove an influen ...

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George Moore novelist, George Moore novelist - Family background and early life, George Moore novelist - London and Paris, George Moore novelist - Dublin and the Celtic Revival, George Moore novelist - Later life and work, George Moore novelist - Works, George Moore novelist - Online books

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Ireland opened the nineteenth century still reeling from the after effects of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Prisoners were still being deported to Australia and sporadic violence continued in county Wicklow. There was another minor rebellion led by Robert Emmet in 1803. The Act of Union, which constitutionally made Ireland part of the British state can largely be seen as an attempt to pacify the country ...

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History of Ireland 1801-1922, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Act of Union and Catholic Emancipation, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Economic problems in the 19th century The Famine, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Land Agitation, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Culture, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Home rule movement, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Social and Labour Conflicts, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Militant separatism, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - War of Independence 1919-1921, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Civil War 1922-1923, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Population changes 1801-1921

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The area is the site of the Battle of Donegore, a side-skirmish of the Battle of Antrim [1], in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Weaver poet, James Orr wrote a poem entitled Donegore Hill on the subject. The parish contains fortified earthworks and other archaeological remains, both ancient and mediaeval. The Church of Ireland (Anglican) parish church, St. John's [2], dates back at least to the 14th century. The churchyard is the burial site of (among others) poet and artist Samuel Ferguson. Since 1922, the Church of Ireland parish ...

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Donegore, Donegore - History

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Irish Republicanism - The Irish Free State. Though many across the country were unhappy with the Anglo-Irish Treaty (since, during the Anglo-Irish war, the IRA had fought for independence for all Ireland and for a republic, not a partitioned dominion under the British crown), most republicans were satisfied that the Treaty was the best that could be achieved at the time. However, a substantial minority opposed it. Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary Irish parliament, voted by 64 votes to 57 to ratify it, the majori ...

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Irish Republicanism, Irish Republicanism - History, Irish Republicanism - Irish Republicanism in independent Ireland the Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland, Irish Republicanism - The Irish Free State, Irish Republicanism - Republic of Ireland, Irish Republicanism - Republican political parties in Ireland, Irish Republicanism - Republicanism in Northern Ireland, Irish Republicanism - 1921 - 1966, Irish Republicanism - 1966 - 1969, Irish Republicanism - 1970 - 1985, Irish Republicanism - 1986 - 2005

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In 1800, after the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the British and the Irish parliaments (the latter controversially, as massive bribery was involved) enacted the Act of Union, which merged Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a union of England and Scotland, created almost 100 years earlier), to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Part of the deal for the union was that Catholic Emancipation wo ...

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History of Ireland, History of Ireland - Early history: 8000 BC–AD 400, History of Ireland - Early Christian Ireland 400–800, History of Ireland - Early medieval era 800–1166, History of Ireland - Later Medieval Ireland, History of Ireland - The Coming of the Normans 1167–1185, History of Ireland - The Lordship of Ireland 1185–1254, History of Ireland - Gaelic Resurgence Norman Decline 1254–1360, History of Ireland - Reformation 1536–1654 and Protestant Ascendancy 1654–1801, History of Ireland - Re-conquest and rebellion, History of Ireland - Civil Wars and Penal Laws, History of Ireland - Colonial Ireland, History of Ireland - Union with Great Britain 1801-1922, History of Ireland - Home Rule Easter 1916 and the War of Independence, History of Ireland - Free State/Republic 1922-present, History of Ireland - Northern Ireland, History of Ireland - Footnotes

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British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy,(also known as Bastard because he was the products of a affair his father had with a tanners daughter), conquered England and asserted his right to be king, giving England its first overseas territory (Normandy). The new rulers had dual roles. First, as kings of England they were sovereign lords. Second, as dukes of Normandy, they were vassals of the kings of France. This led to centuries of conflicts which ended with their loss of French holdings in 1558. In the mea ...

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British Empire, British Empire - Background: The English and Scottish Empires, British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom, British Empire - Growth of the overseas empire, British Empire - Henry VIII and the rise of the Royal Navy, British Empire - The Elizabethan era, British Empire - The Stuart era, British Empire - Scottish Empire, British Empire - Colonization, British Empire - Free trade and informal empire, British Empire - British East India Company, British Empire - Expansion, British Empire - Collapse, British Empire - Breakdown of Pax Britannica, British Empire - Britain and the New Imperialism, British Empire - British Colonial Policy, British Empire - Britain and the Scramble for Africa, British Empire - Home Rule in white-settler colonies, British Empire - The impact of the First World War, British Empire - The end of British rule in Ireland, British Empire - Decolonisation and Decline, British Empire - Extent, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Antarctica, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Pacific, British Empire - Extent after World War II, British Empire - Africa, British Empire - The Americas and Atlantic, British Empire - Asia, British Empire - Europe, British Empire - Territories Lost by British Empire before 1921, British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories, British Empire - Overseas Territories possessing substantial self-government, British Empire - Other Overseas Territories, British Empire - Crown Dependencies in British Isles Outside UK & EU, British Empire - Personal Unions, British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707, British Empire - Kingdom of Great Britain 1707 - 1801, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801 - 1927, British Empire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 - present

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The rebel army that formed for attack on the afternoon of the 9th June was a combined force of Wexford and Wicklow rebels led by Billy Byrne, Anthony Perry, Edward Fitzgerald and Fr. Michael Murphy. The area surrounding the town and the approaches was covered by scrub and the rebel strategy adopted was to advance under cover attacking the town simultaneously from several points. Before the action began, the rebels under Esmonde Kane opened fire upon the town with some of the artillery captured at Tuberneering and had some success by scoring ...

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Battle of Arklow, Battle of Arklow - Background, Battle of Arklow - The Battle, Battle of Arklow - Aftermath, Battle of Arklow - Primary References, Battle of Arklow - Secondary References

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Rathfarnham - Military Road. Rathfarnham is the start of the infamous Military Road. This road through the Wicklow Mountains (still in use for mainly tourist traffic) was built at the beginning of the 19th Century to open up the Wicklow Mountains to the English Military to assist them in putting down the insurgents who were hiding in the Wicklow Mountains after the Irish Rebellion of 179 ...

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Rathfarnham, Rathfarnham - Famous people associated with Rathfarnham, Rathfarnham - History, Rathfarnham - Military Road, Rathfarnham - Early history of Rathfarnham, Rathfarnham - Rathfarnham Road, Rathfarnham - Lower Dodder Road, Rathfarnham - The Motte and Bailey, Rathfarnham - The Old Graveyard, Rathfarnham - Rathfarnham Village, Rathfarnham - Rathfarnham Lower, Rathfarnham - Nutgrove Avenue, Rathfarnham - Whitehall, Rathfarnham - Berwick House, Rathfarnham - Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham - The Ponds, Rathfarnham - Grange Road to Harold’s Grange and Taylors Grange, Rathfarnham - St Enda’s, Rathfarnham - Priory, Rathfarnham - Pubs, Rathfarnham - Buglers, Rathfarnham - The Rathfarnham House, Rathfarnham - The Castle Inn, Rathfarnham - The Eden, Rathfarnham - The Old Orchard, Rathfarnham - The Tuning Fork, Rathfarnham - Yellow House, Rathfarnham - The Battle of Rathmines, Rathfarnham - Adam Clayton

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People have lived here for five thousand years. Invaders included Vikings and Normans. The earliest evidence of people in this area is a horde of flint arrow heads found when houses were being built north of the river in November 1968. There are 39 flints - some perfectly finished and others are blank indicating an 'industry' and trading here near the river crossing over four thousand years ago. When the Normans built the castle at Carrickfergus they placed a line of outposts along the river which was then called the "Ollar "- River o ...

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Ballyclare, Ballyclare - History, Ballyclare - Literature, Ballyclare - The May Fair, Ballyclare - 2001 Census

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The long awaited French landing to assist the Irish rebellion had taken place five days previously on 22 August when almost 1,100 troops under the command of General Humbert landed at Cill Chuimín Strand, County Mayo. Although the force was small, the remote location ensured an unopposed landing away from the tens of thousands of British soldiers concentrated in the east in Leinster, engaged in mopping up operations against remaining pockets of rebels. The nearby town of Killala was quickly captured after a brief resistance by local yeomen ...

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Battle of Castlebar, Battle of Castlebar - Background, Battle of Castlebar - Preparations, Battle of Castlebar - Attack, Battle of Castlebar - The Races of Castlebar

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The Act of Union was initially seen favourably in Ireland, given that the old Irish parliament was seen as hostile to the majority Catholic population, some of whose members had only been given the vote as late as 1794 and who were legally debarred from election to the body. The Roman Catholic hierarchy endorsed the Union. However King George III's decision to block Catholic Emancipation fatally undermined the appeal of the Union. Leaders like Henry Grattan who sat in t ...

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Origins, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - The Deal, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - The new United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Legacy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - List of monarchs

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Bills of attainder were used through the 18th century in England, and were applied to English colonies as well. One of the motivations for the American revolution was anger at the injustice of attainder—though the Americans themselves used bills of attainder to confiscate the property of English loyalists (called tories) during the revolution. American dissatisfaction with attainder laws motivated their prohibition in the Constitution (see the case of Parker Wickham). The provision forbidding state law bills of attainder reflects the importance that the framers attached to this issue, since the unamended constitution impose ...

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Bill of attainder, Bill of attainder - American usage, Bill of attainder - The Great Act of Attainder

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1798 - Ongoing events. French Revolution (1789-1799 Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign May-October - Irish Rebellion of 1798 ...

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John Alexander "A Succinct Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Rebellion in the County of Wexford, especially in the vicinity of Ross" (1800) Thomas Cloney "A Personal Narrative of those Transactions in the County of Wexford, in which the author was engaged, during the awful period of 1798" (1832) Edward Hay "History of the Insurrection of County Wexford" (1803) Richard Musgrave "See also:

Battle of New Ross 1798, Battle of New Ross 1798 - Preparations, Battle of New Ross 1798 - Attack, Battle of New Ross 1798 - Street Fighting, Battle of New Ross 1798 - Massacres, Battle of New Ross 1798 - Aftermath, Battle of New Ross 1798 - Primary Sources, Battle of New Ross 1798 - Secondary Sources

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One of the first acts of Grattan's parliament was to prove its loyalty to England by passing a vote for the support of 20,000 sailors for the navy. Grattan was loyal to the crown and the English connection. He was, however, anxious for moderate parliamentary reform, and, unlike Flood, he favored Catholic emancipation. It was evident that without reform the Irish House of Commons would not be able to make much use of its newly-won independence. Though now free from constitutional control, it was still subject to the influence of corruption, w ...

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Henry Grattan, Henry Grattan - Early Life, Henry Grattan - In the Irish Parliament, Henry Grattan - Grattan's Parliament, Henry Grattan - Rebellion and Union, Henry Grattan - In the British Parliament, Henry Grattan - Death and Legacy, Henry Grattan - Bibliography, Henry Grattan - Reference

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The first Irish troops to serve as a unit for a continental power formed an Irish regiment in the Spanish army of Flanders in the Eighty Years War in the 1580s. The regiment had been raised by an English Catholic, William Stanley in Ireland, from native Irish soldiers and mercenaries, whom the English authorities wanted out of the country (See also Tudor re-conquest of Ireland). Stanley was given a commission by Elizabeth I and was intended to lead his regiment on the English side, in support of the Dutch United Provinces. However, in 1585, ...

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Flight of the Wild Geese, Flight of the Wild Geese - Spanish service, Flight of the Wild Geese - French service, Flight of the Wild Geese - Austrian service, Flight of the Wild Geese - The End of the Wild Geese

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Despite his many achievements, Castlereagh was extremely unpopular within the country as a result of his supposed reactionism abroad, and his support at home for the repressive measures of Home Secretary Lord Sidmouth. He also attracted criticism because, as the Government's leader of the House of Commons, he was often called upon to defend his colleagues' policies in that most public of British forums. For these reasons, Castlereagh is (among others from Lord Liverpool's cabinet) immortalised in Shelley's poem The Mask of Anarchy, a ...

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Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh, Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh - Early Career and Ireland, Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh - Diplomatist, Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh - Decline and Death, Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh - Titles, Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh - External link

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