Ireland - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

208 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

May 30, 1833

30 May 1833

Ireland: Algerine Act

IRELAND.— The affairs of this unhappy and distracted country assume a more sombre appearance, if possible, by every fresh arrival. It will be seen by the following proclamation of the Marquis of Anglesey, that the enforcing […]

May 9, 1833

9 May 1833

Artful Declaration against Irish Landlords

We take from the Wexford Freeman the following description of two men named Redmond and Jackman, convicted of the barbarous murder of the Madozes:– Upon the announcement of the verdict, the prisoner, John Redmond, in a […]

May 2, 1833

2 May 1833

Cholera in Ireland.

“Never” says a letter from Limerick of the 14th of March, “was there anything like the state of the surrounding country. The Cholera has spread all around. The Rev. Mr. Noonan, Curate of Knockany, was here […]

April 25, 1833

25 Apr 1833

The Irish Suppression Bill

Irish Suppression Bill.– The latest intelligence from England shows a probability amounting almost to certainty that this desperate expedient– which even many of its advocates acknowledge to be high-handed and unconstitutional– will receive the assent of […]

April 18, 1833

18 Apr 1833

Dispair Upon My Erin’s Brow

“Alas for poor Erin!– her pride has gone by, And the spirit is broken which never would bend;O’er the rain her children in secret must sigh,Y[?] ’tis treason to love her and death to defend.”[Moore. MR. […]

April 11, 1833

11 Apr 1833

Ireland/Britain/U.S.: Tyranny in Preservation of Union Measures

It is worth of note, that just about the time of the pendency of the “enforcing bill” in Congress, the British ministry introduced, and passed thro’ the House of Lords, a “bloody bill” for the pacification […]

April 4, 1833

4 Apr 1833

Irish Enforcement Bill Passage

Great excitement is occasioned, both in England and Ireland, at the passage, in the House of ords, of what is called the “Irish Enforcement Bill.”– It places discretionary power in the Lord Lieutenant, to disperse, by […]

February 18, 1833

18 Feb 1833

Naturalization Intent: William Sheerer

William Sheerer an alien who is desirous of becoming a citizen of the United States this day appeared in Court and repeats that he was born in the Providence of Nlelee, County of Monaghan in Ireland […]

October 11, 1832

11 Oct 1832

The Irish [Revolutionary] Soldier; G. W. Custis.

THE IRISH SOLDIER.The following is an extract from a Speech by G. W. CUSTIS, at a recent celebration of the birth day of O’CONNELL: The recollections of America’s days of trial must the more and more […]

October 4, 1832

4 Oct 1832

O’Connell, letter to Irish Political Union; Objectives.

Mr. O’Connell has addressed a long letter to the Irish Political Union, developing his intentions, and calling on the people of Ireland to second him. His principal object he declares to be to impeach Lord Anglesey, […]

October 4, 1832

4 Oct 1832

The Tithe Question in Ireland

The late discussion in the British Parliament, on the condition of Ireland, in reference to the Tithe System, has brought forth some detailed statements of the real nature and pressure of that system upon the people […]

September 13, 1832

13 Sep 1832

Obit: John Lamon

On Tuesday last, in the 52d year of his age, of the prevailing epidemic, Mr. JOHN LAMON, of this place. The deceased had been laboring under general debility for some months, but was attending to his […]

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