Henry Joy McCracken
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Henry Joy McCracken was an Irish republican executed in Belfast for his part in leading United Irishmen in the Rebellion of 1798. Convinced that the cause of representative government in Ireland could
Portrait by Sarah Cecilia Harrison, 1926
The Irish Volunteers were a patriot militia movement formed in the Kingdom of Ireland during the American War of Independence. Massing under arms in the capital, and inspired by American example, in 1
Henry Joy McCracken
…who made their money in linen manufacture, had founded the Whig paper Belfast News Letter in 1737, and were closely associated with the rise of the Volunteer movement during the American War. With his younger sister, Mary Ann McCracken, he attended David Manson's school in Donegall Street. Through peer tutoring and…
Dublin Volunteers parading on College Green on 4 November 1779
Grattan making a speech in the Irish House of Commons on 8 June 1780
The Lisburn and Lambeg Volunteers firing a feu de joie in honour of the Dungannon Convention in 1782
1782 Volunteers flag celebrating free trade and legislative independence