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15 May – Eoin MacNeill, scholar, nationalist and revolutionary (died 1945). 17 June – John Robert Gregg, creator of Gregg Shorthand (died 1948). 11 August – Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin, barrister and politician (died 1927).
The Fenian Rising of 1867 (Irish: Éirí Amach na bhFíníní, 1867, IPA: [ˈeːɾʲiː əˈmˠax n̪ˠə ˈvʲiːnʲiːnʲiː]) was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB).
In September 1914, just as the First World War broke out, the UK Parliament finally passed the Government of Ireland Act 1914 to establish self-government for Ireland, condemned by the dissident nationalists' All-for-Ireland League party as a "partition deal". The Act was suspended for the duration of the war, expected to last only a year.
Portraits of the Manchester Martyrs – Larkin (left), Allen (centre) and O'Brien (right) – on a shamrock. The Manchester Martyrs (Irish: Mairtirígh Mhanchain) [1] [2] were three Irish Republicans – William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien – who were hanged in 1867 following their conviction of murder after an attack on a police van in Manchester, England, in which a ...
1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1867th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 867th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1867, the ...
Timothy Daniel Sullivan (29 May 1827 – 31 March 1914) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, politician and poet who wrote the Irish national hymn "God Save Ireland", in 1867. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1886 to 1888 and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1880 to 1900.
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When Ali Came to Ireland: Ross Whitaker: Muhammad Ali, Alvin Lewis, Cathal O'Shannon: Documentary: Describes Muhammad Ali's first visit to Ireland in July 1972, and his fight there against Al Lewis. Eliot & Me: Fintan Connolly: Ella Connolly, Renée Weldon, David Wilmot and Gerard Mannix Flynn: Family: King of the Travellers: Mark O'Conner