Henry Joy McCracken (31 August 1767 – 17 July 1798) was an Irish republican executed in Belfast for his part in leading United Irishmen in the Rebellion...
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Letter to Henry Joy McCracken 2 June 1797. McNeill (1960), p. 142. McWilliams (2021), p. 132 Gray (2020), pp. 11-12 Letter Henry Joy McCracken, October...
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Henry Joy may refer to: Henry Joy McCracken (1767–1798), Irish republican Henry Bourne Joy (1864–1936), American entrepreneur & activist Henry L. Joy...
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of PC World Harry McCracken (footballer), Northern Irish footballer Henry Joy McCracken (1767–1798), Irish rebel Henry Noble McCracken (1880-1970), American...
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Belfast medicine"), and the siblings Mary Ann, and Henry Joy, McCracken. In 1788, the McCrackens were to attempt a school of their own for the poor,...
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Rebellion of 1798 between British troops and Irish insurgents led by Henry Joy McCracken. The British won the battle, beating off a rebel attack on Antrim...
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largest woollen warehouse in Belfast, was in the Second Church; Henry Joy McCracken, born into the town's leading fortunes in shipping and linen-manufacture...
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Courthouse (now the Town Hall) and in 1798 United Irish founder Henry Joy McCracken was captured on the outskirts of the town while trying to escape...
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the United Irishmen. In the Rebellion of 1798 he fought alongside Henry Joy McCracken at the Battle of Antrim. In 1803 he attempted to renew the insurrection...
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meeting place for Henry Joy McCracken and the United Irishmen when they were planning the 1798 Rising. The story goes that McCracken hid behind the bar...
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Irish Rebellion of 1798 (category Henry Benedict Stuart)
colonels turned to the young Henry Joy McCracken. Fearful that the "hope of a union with the south" was otherwise lost, McCracken proclaimed the First Year...
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republicans throughout the province. In 1798 the United Irishmen, led by Henry Joy McCracken, launched a rebellion in Ulster, mostly supported by Presbyterians...
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1881-82 when he signed the Kilmainham Treaty with William Gladstone. Henry Joy McCracken, 1796 Rev. Sinclair Kelburn, 1797 Oliver Bond, 1798 (Bond, a native...
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became a confidante of William Drennan, Samuel McTier, Samuel Neilson and later of Henry Joy McCracken, James Hope, and others who were to play a prominent...
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players of the clàrsach. It is organised by Dr. James McDonnell, Robert Bradshaw and Henry Joy McCracken in the Assembly Rooms, Belfast, and Edward Bunting...
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currently home to Henry's Pub (formerly McCracken's) – named after Henry Joy McCracken, an Irish Presbyterian and a leading member in the north of Ireland...
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aristocrats. The key founders included Wolfe Tone, Thomas Russell, Henry Joy McCracken, James Napper Tandy, and Samuel Neilson. By 1797, the Society of...
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active in the Society of the United Irishmen and was hanged with Henry Joy McCracken for leading rebels at the Battle of Antrim. The Society of United...
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Jimmy McGovern's 2021 prison drama Time, and an unnamed character in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Harden's stage credits include Henry Joy McCracken in Stewart...
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Henry Joy McCracken's GFC Moneymore (Irish: CLG Mhic Reachtáin, Muine Mór) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Moneymore, County Londonderry...
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open the Defenders to trusted republicans. Although James Hope and Henry Joy McCracken did much to reach out to the Defenders in Armagh, recognising the...
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Protestant background, such as Wolfe Tone, Edward FitzGerald and Henry Joy McCracken. In collaboration with the French Republic, they sought to set up...
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other members of the movement's Ulster executive, Samuel Neilson, Henry Joy McCracken and Robert Simms, took the celebrated pledge "never to desist in...
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Joseph Holt Henry Joy McCracken John Moore John Murphy Wolfe Tone French leaders Jean Joseph Amable Humbert Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart Henry O'Keane British...
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Joseph Holt Henry Joy McCracken John Moore John Murphy Wolfe Tone French leaders Jean Joseph Amable Humbert Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart Henry O'Keane British...
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Cavehill (section McArt's Fort)
Theobald Wolfe Tone and Henry Joy McCracken allegedly met at Cave Hill in 1795 to take an oath to launch the rebellion of 1798. McCracken was captured on Cave...
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graveyard in Henry Place houses the graves of many people prominent in Belfast's history, most notably United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken The area is...
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spirit of her previous mistress Mary Ann McCracken (1770–1866). McCracken was the devoted sister of Henry Joy McCracken, the United Irish leader executed in...
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produced the Northern Patriot, the journal of the commemorative Henry Joy McCracken Literary Society. But after just four issues, she was dismissed....
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Joseph Holt Henry Joy McCracken John Moore John Murphy Wolfe Tone French leaders Jean Joseph Amable Humbert Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart Henry O'Keane British...
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