Tag: Statue of Peter Lalor in Ballarat’s Sturt Street Gardens

#OTD in 1827 – Birth of Peter Fintan Lalor in Tenakill at Raheen, Co Laois.

05/02/2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Peter Lalor was an activist turned politician who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion, an event controversially identified with the ‘birth of democracy’ in Australia. He is famous for being the only outlaw to make it to parliament. Peter Lalor was born in the family home of Tenakill/Tinnakill at Raheen, […]

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#OTD in 1827 – Birth of Peter Lalor, (leader of the ‘Eureka Rebellion’ in Australia) in Tenakill at Raheen, Co Laois.

05/02/2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Peter Lalor was an activist turned politician who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion, an event controversially identified with the ‘birth of democracy’ in Australia. He is famous for being the only outlaw to make it to parliament. Peter Lalor was born in the family home of Tenakill/Tinnakill at Raheen, […]

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1827 – Birth of Peter Lalor, leader of the ‘Eureka Rebellion’ in Australia in Raheen, Co Laois.

05/02/2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

Peter Lalor was an activist turned politician who rose to fame for his leading role in the Eureka Rebellion, an event controversially identified with the ‘birth of democracy’ in Australia. He is famous for being the only outlaw to make it to parliament. Peter Lalor was born in the family home of Tenakill/Tinnakill at Raheen, […]

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