15 Oct 05 - 10:40 AM (#1583584) Subject: Happy! - Oct 15 (Lord Edward Fitzgerald) From: Abby Sale Happy Birthday! United Irishman rebel, Lord Edward Fitzgerald born 10/15/1763 (after resisting arrest, he died of wounds in Newgate June 4, 1827)
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16 Oct 05 - 12:12 AM (#1583933) Subject: RE: Happy! - Oct 15 (Lord Edward Fitzgerald) From: Jimmy C 15 Oct 1763 Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the twelfth of the 18 children of the first Duke of Leinster and his wife Emily Lennox, sister of the third Duke of Richmond, was born in London. After the birth, the family returned to Kildare, but their main residence was their summerhouse, Frescati, in Blackrock, County Dublin. The family was Ireland's largest landholder, and it was the Duke who had Leinster House built as his Dublin residence when parliament was sitting. (RMD; 25 May 1998).br To the Currach of Kildare Ten Thousand will be there With their pikes in good repair Says the Shan Van Vocht. |
16 Oct 05 - 07:57 AM (#1584008) Subject: RE: Happy! - Oct 15 (Lord Edward Fitzgerald) From: Le Scaramouche The Aristocrats is a pretty good book. |
16 Jan 16 - 06:33 AM (#3765922) Subject: RE: Happy! - Oct 15 (Lord Edward Fitzgerald) From: Thompson Any songs about Lord Edward? |