Robert Emmet
Standard Name: Emmet, Robert
Connections
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Friends, Associates | Amanda McKittrick Ros | |
politics | Thomas Moore | TM
was a great Irish patriot. In his youth he knew Robert Emmet
of the United Irishmen
and strongly opposed the 1800 Act of Union with England. His patriotism also inclined him to turn down... |
politics | Amanda McKittrick Ros | AMKR
was loyal to the British throne and an ardent British nationalist. It is puzzling that her trinket box of prized possessions should include a copy, written in her own hand, of the final speech... |
Textual Production | Medbh McGuckian | MMG
returned to political issues in Had I a Thousand Lives, a volume of poetry to honour the bicentenary of the executions of Irish patriot activists Robert Emmet
and Thomas Russell
. Emmet was... |
Timeline
Late May 1798
A Catholic uprising began in Ireland; this became known as the Irish Rebellion.
23 July 1803
Irish nationalist Robert Emmet
mounted a rising which was designed to seize Dublin Castle and take the Viceroy hostage.
21 October 1803
Irish patriot Thomas Russell
was hanged by the British authorities at Downpatrick prison.