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History of Harold's Cross, Dublin

One explanation of the origin of the name Harold’s Cross is that it is derived from the name given to a gallows, which had been placed where the current Harold’s Cross Park is situated. Harold’s Cross was an execution ground for the city of Dublin during the 18th century and earlier. In the 14th century the gallows there was maintained by the Archbishop. Harold’s Cross stands on lands which…

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A comparison of Robert Emmet's portraits on the grand occasion of his birthday

1. The most popular one (although usually cut out from the background), very majestic, but his face looks a wee bit weird

9/10

2. Also popular, but I don't understand why, it's ugly, for God's and Robert's sake, people, please use better ones

2/10

3. What a beautiful sad boi

10/10

4. Just as majestic as the first one, but his face looks even weirder

8/10

5. This is the exact look I get when after contemplating my life or checking my phone for a second in a maths class I look back at the blackboard and wonder what the feck happened there

He is elegant and all, but too ordinary

7/10

6. ........why would someone do this to him. just... why. don't.

(and wasn't he 25?)

0/10

7. M a j e s t i c

10/10

8. .....no.

-1/10

9. An absolute fashion icon, even if too napoleonic for my personal taste, and this makeup on his face...? very fancy

1803/10

10. THIS is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. BLESSED.

20/10

(Apparently I've reached the limit of photos, but I am not done yet)

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What's your opinion of Robert Emmet?

don't know much about him, but from what i do know it seems he was too young and idealistic, like a lot of the early young irelanders. it is sad that he died though

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i want justice

somebody pls make a movie about the irish rebellion of 03 they deserve it its got everything u culd want in a historical movie cmon

-romance

-rebellion

-irish dudes

-evil parents i guess?

-rain

-a nice castle

-fancy ass clothes (’a green coat with white facings, white breeches, top boots and a cocked hat with feathers’)

-badass women (anne devlin?????)

-a fucking awesome speech

-internal conflict

-everything

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The Pursuit of Robert Emmet’s Grave

O! BREATHE not his name! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonoured his relics are laid; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night dew that falls on the grave o’er his head. But the night dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory…

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Bully's Acre, Dublin

Bully’s Acre (officially, the Hospital Fields) is a former public cemetery located near the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. Behind a black gate off the entranceway to the expansive grounds of the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, now the Irish Museum of Modern Art, lies a large, green field that is home to Dublin’s oldest cemetery. In the first part of this field is a large, dappled grey…

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#OTD in 1803 – Robert Emmet is found guilty of high treason, and before sentence of death was pronounced, Emmet was allowed deliver his justly celebrated speech from the dock.

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#OTD in Irish History | 4 March:

1704 – Penal law ‘to prevent the further growth of popery’ restricts landholding rights for Catholics; gavelkind is reimposed on Catholics (unless the eldest son converts to Protestantism, in which case he inherits the whole); a ‘sacramental test’ for public office is introduced, directed mainly at Ulster Presbyterians. 1771 – John Ponsonby resigns as Speaker of the Irish parliament for political…

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