William Orr (1766–1797) was a member of the United Irishmen who was executed in 1797 in what was widely believed at the time to be "judicial murder" and whose memory led to the rallying cry “Remember Orr” during the 1798 rebellion.
Read more about William Orr: Background, Arrest and Trial, Defence, Sentence, Speech From The Dock, Legacy
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