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Martha "Matty" McTier (1742/1743 – 3 October 1837) was an advocate in Belfast, Ireland for women's health and education, and a supporter of democratic reform. Her correspondence with her brother William Drennan [1] and with other leading United Irishmen documents the political radicalism and tumult of late eighteenth-century Ulster.
Robert Hawkins Magill (1704–1745 at Seaforde, 'during a great hunting party'); High Sheriff of County Down 1732; MP for County Down (1724–1745); Trustee of the Linen Board for Munster 1736-1745; foundation member of the Dublin Society 1731; his first wife (whom he married in 1728) was Rachael (died 13/14 April 1739), daughter of Clotworthy ...
An Ulster History Circle commemorative blue plaque was unveiled in her memory on 14 April 1995 at Bishop Street in the city. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Archbishop Alexander died in 1911, and in 1913 a stained glass window by James Powell and Sons in her memory was installed in the north vestibule of St Columb's Cathedral in Derry , financed by public ...
The Ulster History Circle is a heritage organisation that administers Blue Plaques for the area that encompasses the province of Ulster on the island of Ireland. It is a voluntary, not-for-profit organisation, placing commemorative plaques in public places in honour of people and locations that have contributed to all genres of history within ...
The term Ulster has no official function for local government purposes in either state. However, for the purposes of ISO 3166-2:IE, Ulster is used to refer to the three counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan only, which are given country sub-division code "IE-U". [14] The name is also used by various organisations such as cultural and sporting ...
He was chair of the Ulster Fireclay Company, the Tyrone Brickworks and the Coalisland Weaving Company. He would take ownership the Cumberland Mine Company and the St Helen’s Colliery. [7] [8] Kelly was knighted in 1922. He was described as 'A leading merchant, a public benefactor, a consistent and generous supporter of charitable objects'.
Elizabeth Gould Bell (24 December 1862 – 9 July 1934) was the first woman to practice as a qualified medical doctor in the north of Ireland—in Ulster—and was a vocal and militant suffragist.
Betham was born at Stradbroke in Suffolk on 22 May 1779, [2] the eldest son, by his wife Mary Damant, of Rev. William Betham (1749–1839) a clergyman and antiquarian, and author of the five volume work The Baronetage of England, or the History of the English Baronets, and such Baronets of Scotland as are of English Families, with Genealogical Tables and Engravings of their Armorial Bearings ...