Ireland
- Cornelius Grogan (1798) - Hanged and beheaded in Wexford for taking part in the Irish rebellion of 1798
- John Henry Colclough (1798) - Hanged and beheaded in Wexford for taking part in the Irish rebellion of 1798
- Bagenal Beauchamp Harvey (1798) - Hanged and beheaded in Wexford for taking part in the Irish rebellion of 1798
- John Kelly (1798) - Hanged and beheaded in Wexford for taking part in the Irish rebellion of 1798
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Famous quotes containing the word ireland:
“It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.”
—V.S. (Victor Sawdon)
“Out of Ireland have we come,
Great hatred, little room
Maimed us at the start.
I carry from my mother’s womb
A fanatic’s heart.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“The tragedy of Northern Ireland is that it is now a society in which the dead console the living.”
—Jack Holland (b. 1947)