Waddell Cunningham
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Captain Waddell Cunningham was an Irish trans-Atlantic trader, Dominican slave-holder and merchant, prominent in the commercial and civic life of Georgian-era Belfast. In a town much agitated by the A
Portrait by Robert Home, 1784
Mausoleum of Waddell Cunningham, Kbockbreda Cemetery, Belfast
The Irish Volunteers were patriot militia formed in the Kingdom of Ireland during the American War of Independence. Massing under arms in the capital, and inspired by American example, in 1782 the Vol
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