#OTD in 1800 – Execution of Roddy McCorley.
#OTD in 1800 – Execution of Roddy McCorley.
Roddy McCorley was an Irish nationalist from the civil parish of Duneane, Co Antrim. Following the publication of the Ethna Carbery poem bearing his name in 1902, where he is associated with events around the Battle of Antrim, he is alleged to have been a member of the United Irishmen and claimed as a participant in their rebellion of 1798. Roddy McCorley was the son of a miller and was born near…
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