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Patrick Sarsfield (c.1655-1693): Treaty of Limerick by Ita Marguet, December 2020

Patrick Sarsfield (c.1655-1693): Treaty of Limerick by Ita Marguet An exhibition titled Strangers to Citizens: The Irish in Europe 1600-1800 was held at the National Library of Ireland in 2008. It tells their story through commentaries and explanations with a number of visual aids of images and major facets about Ireland, Journeys, Colleges, Military, Merchants and Professionals. The exhibition displayed a wide selection of historical and other literature with access to several data bases for research on the Irish…

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From Slavery to Freedom: Frederick Douglass in Ireland

From Slavery to Freedom: Frederick Douglass in Ireland He was born into slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1818-1895) in Cordova, Maryland, USA.  After escaping from slavery in Maryland he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and his incisive antislavery writings. Described as tall and handsome in his late twenties, just how late he didn’t know. Slavery had robbed him of knowledge about the exact circumstances of…

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