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Robert Emmet uninscribed: Marianne Elliott examines the facts and the myth of the unlikely Irish nationalist hero who vowed his 'tomb remain uninscribed until my country takes her place among the nations of the earth'.
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History Today
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October 1, 2003| Author:
Elliott, Marianne
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The Republic of Ireland is a young nation. It was born amid bloodshed and this is reflected in the events and people it chooses to commemorate. This year it commemorates the bi-centennial of the most iconic of its icons: the United Irishman Robert Emmet (1778-1803). To many the status Emmet has achieved is somewhat surprising. University educated (he was expelled from Trinity College in 1798 in a purge of suspected radicals), from a professional Protestant family, he led a doomed r...
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