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John O’Sullivan (1877-1955) : ‘Heroic Irish Tenor’

03/18/2019

John O’Sullivan (1877-1955) : ‘Heroic Irish Tenor’ He was born in Cork on 29 October 1877 and died in Paris on 28 April 1955. *Asile Hereditaire The life and career of John O’Sullivan by Francois Nouvion is a first detailed biography of the tenor whose career from 1929 was championed by the writer James Joyce (1882-1941) who shared his love of vocal music. The book contains personal and professional pictorial including hitherto unpublished material. It was written by an established…

Henry Joy McCracken (1767-1798) : United Irishmen

09/04/2017

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Henry Joy McCracken (1767-1798) : United Irishmen The United Irishmen was a society dedicated originally to the reform of the Irish constitution, including granting the franchise to Catholics, and later to republican revolution. It was founded in Belfast in November 1791 by a small group of young radicals, most of them Protestant, including Theobald Wolfe Tone, William Drennan, Thomas Russell and Samuel McTier. It soon extended to Dublin and remained an active though small part of political life until…