Loyalism has its roots in the confiscation, followed by the plantation of Irish land by the English rulers from Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century to William of Orange at the end of the 17th century.
1800-1900
Burke and Hare murders
Perhaps the most infamous character ever to come from Newry (it is said) in the past two centuries is William Hare.
Thomas Davis, Young Irelander
In my youth, my role model patriots were James Larkin (mainly because of his strong working-class credentials as well as the fact that his parents hailed from here) James Connolly and John Mitchel. Where repression, discrimination and exclusion dominate, one tends towards the extremes.
Young Ireland: afterthought
Though a contemporary and a fellow student at Trinity with John Mitchel, and later defender in court of Young Irelander, poet Richard Williams, it is not thought that Sir Samuel Ferguson (10 Mar 1810-9 August 1886) belonged to that august group.
1848 Rebellion
There could scarcely have been a more inauspicious time for a rising than the autumn of 1848 (when the people were reduced to abject misery after four years of starvation): …
John Martin: The Irish Felon
John Martin of Loughorne (Donaghmore, four miles from Newry) followed his friend John Mitchel to Dublin, supported him by contributing articles to his papers and so Martin’s political career commenced.
Mitchel policies and attitudes
The United Irishman lasted a mere three and a half months before it was suppressed by the government. Still it was phenomenally popular as Mitchel succinctly and clearly set out Young Ireland policies:
Mitchel tried
It is easy to misunderstand or to misinterpret John Mitchel’s contribution to the history of Irish Republicanism. Every writer (including of course the present one) has his own viewpoint.
Revolutionary Mitchel Women
The Rev John Mitchel died in Feb 1840 and thereafter (as before) his son John had the strong support of his mother Mary…