Tag: 21 April

#OTD in Irish History – 21 April:

.Reading time 16 minutes.

Easter Sunday 1738 – A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson (MP for Mullingar), is killed in a duel. 1816 – Birth of author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, daughter of an Irish father and eldest of the three Brontë Sisters. 1871 – Birth of Labour leader and Irish nationalist, John Fitzpatrick, in Athlone, […]

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#OTD in Irish History – 21 April:

.Reading time 14 minutes.

1738 – A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson (MP for Mullingar), is killed in a duel. 1816 – Birth of author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, daughter of an Irish father and eldest of the three Brontë Sisters. 1871 – Birth of Labour leader and Irish nationalist, John Fitzpatrick, in Athlone, Co Westmeath. […]

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#OTD in Irish History – 21 April:

.Reading time 8 minutes.

1738 – A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson (MP for Mullingar), is killed in a duel. 1816 – Birth of author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, daughter of an Irish father and eldest of the three Brontë Sisters. 1871 – Birth of Labour leader and Irish nationalist, John Fitzpatrick, in Athlone, Co Westmeath. […]

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Today in Irish History – 21 April:

.Reading time 7 minutes.

1738 – A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson (MP for Mullingar), is killed in a duel. 1816 – Daughter of an Irish father, Charlotte Brontë, eldest of the three Brontë Sisters and author of Jane Eyre, is born. 1871 – John Fitzpatrick, Labour leader and Irish nationalist is born in Athlone, Co Westmeath. […]

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Today in Irish History – 21 April:

.Reading time 4 minutes.

1738 – A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson (MP for Mullingar), is killed in a duel. 1816 – Daughter of an Irish father, Charlotte Brontë, eldest of the three Brontë Sisters and author of Jane Eyre, is born. 1871 – John Fitzpatrick, Labour leader and Irish nationalist is born in Athlone, Co Westmeath. […]

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