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Whitley Stokes, jurist and Celtic scholar, is born in Dublin

Whitley Stokes, jurist and Celtic scholar, is born in Dublin

  • February 28, 1830

Whitley Stokes, CSI, CIE, FBA (28 February 1830 – 13 April 1909) was an Irish lawyer and Celtic scholar.

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The trial of United Irishman, Napper Tandy, begins

The trial of United Irishman, Napper Tandy, begins

  • April 7, 1801

James Napper Tandy (February 1739 – 24 August 1803), known as Napper Tandy, was an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the United Irishmen. He experienced exile, first in the United States and then in France, for his role in attempting to advance a republican insurrection in Ireland with French assistance.

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