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Harry Boland and Michael Collins engineer Eamon de Valeras escape from Lincoln Jail in England
Harry Boland and Michael Collins engineer Eamon de Valeras escape from Lincoln Jail in England Harry Boland and Michael Collins played crucial roles in the escape of Éamon de Valera from Lincoln Jail in England on February 3, 1919. This daring escape is one of the most famous episodes in the struggle for Irish independence. …

Robert Noonan, author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, dies
Robert Noonan, author of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, dies Robert Phillipe Noonan (17 April 1870 – 3 February 1911), born Robert Croker, and best known by the pen name Robert Tressell, was an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists. …

Lady Jane Wilde (Spiranza), poet, nationalist and the mother of Oscar, dies in London
Lady Jane Wilde (Spiranza), poet, nationalist and the mother of Oscar, dies in London Lady Jane Wilde, known by her pen name “Speranza,” was a notable Irish poet, nationalist, and the mother of Oscar Wilde, one of the most famous playwrights and literary figures of the late 19th century. She passed away in London on February 3, 1896. …

Irish Land League organizer Michael Davitt is arrested again in Dublin
Irish Land League organizer Michael Davitt is arrested again in Dublin Michael Davitt, a key figure in the Irish Land War of the late 19th century and the founder of the Irish National Land League, was arrested multiple times due to his political activities. One of his notable arrests occurred in February 1881, when he was arrested in Dublin under the Coercion Act, which allowed for imprisonment without trial of those suspected of agrarian agitation. …

Prime Minister William Pitt resigns over royal veto on Catholic emancipation
Prime Minister William Pitt resigns over royal veto on Catholic emancipation William Pitt the Younger, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, did tender his resignation in 1801, in part due to the issue of Catholic emancipation and a related royal veto. Pitt, in office from 1783 to 1801 and then again from 1804 until his death in 1806, was a prominent political figure whose tenure was marked by major events including the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. …

Lord Netterville, indicted for the murder of Michael Walsh, is acquitted by his Parlimentary Peers
Lord Netterville, indicted for the murder of Michael Walsh, is acquitted by his Parlimentary Peers Nicholas Netterville, 5th Viscount Netterville (1708–1750) was an Irish peer, who is mainly remembered for having been tried and acquitted by his peers on a charge of murder. …