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Thread: 1798 Irish Rebellion (23 May-12 Oct)!
"To unite Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter under the common name of Irishmen in order to break the connection with England, the never failing source of all our political evils, that was my aim" Wolfe Tone https://t.co/7XpE8Dog9c
Capt Henry Harrison OBE MC* MP (17 Dec 1867 #Holywood, Co #Down-20 Feb 1954). Despite being Protestant, against RIC in Donegal evictions; became celebrity! Bodyguard of Parnell; after death devoted himself to Katharine. Wrote about divorce from their side. https://t.co/YOdA0KvFgr
10 Jan 1560: following Elizabeth I's accession, John Bale former #Carmelite, then evangelical #Protestant, polemicist, playwright, antiquarian & bishop of #Ossory is made a canon of #Canterbury cathedral #otd (BM/eebo)
He never went back to #Ireland which he’d fled under Mary I.
@CartonHouse #Otd 1798: Scullabogue Barn massacre near #Newbawn, Co #Wexford. Some rebels massacred 100-200 noncombatant men, women & children, mostly Protestant, held prisoner in a barn which was then set alight. Due to burning alive of rebel prisoners at New Ross? https://t.co/ejvVscYAIN
Initially classed Jammy Dodgers as Protestant, on the basis of being no-nonsense and sensible in a CofE kind of way - but the more I look, the more I'm getting Sacred Heart of Jesus vibes.