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  2. Thomas Francis Meagher - Wikipedia

    • Thomas Francis Meagher was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death but received transportation for life to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in Australia. In 1852, Meagher escaped and made his way to the United States, where he settled in New York City… See more

    Born3 August 1823 · Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
    Died1 July 1867 (aged 43) · Missouri River, Montana Territory
    Political partyIrish Confederation (Ireland) · Democratic (U.S.)
    Spouse(s)Catherine Bennett (1851–1854; her death) · Elizabeth Townsend (1856–1867; his death)
    Family

    Thomas Francis Meagher was born on 3 August 1823 in Waterford City in what is now the Granville Hotel on the Quay. From the age of two he lived with his family at Derrynane House in nearby Number 19, The Mall. … See more

    Early life and education

    Meagher was educated at Roman Catholic boarding schools. When Meagher was eleven, his family sent him to the Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare. It was at Clongowes that he developed his skill of orat… See more

     
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  1. Thomas Francis Meagher | Irish-American, Civil War, …

    Thomas Francis Meagher was an Irish revolutionary leader and orator who served as a Union officer during the American Civil War (1861–65). Meagher became a member of the Young Ireland Party in 1845 and in 1847 was one of …

     
  2. Thomas Francis Meagher - American Battlefield Trust

    Learn about the life and career of Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish revolutionary and Union general in the Civil War. Read about his involvement in the Irish Confederation, his escape from Australia, his recruitment of the Irish Brigade, …

  3. Thomas Francis Meagher, the immortal Irishman

    Jul 1, 2024 · Getty Images. On this day, July 1, 1867, General Brigadier Thomas Francis Meagher died after falling overboard on the Missouri River. In honor of his anniversary, we look at the astounding...

  4. Meagher, Thomas Francis | Dictionary of Irish Biography

  5. Thomas Francis Meagher: The Irishman who first flew the tricolor …

  6. Thomas F. Meagher - Thomas F. Meagher …

    The Foundation is named after Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish Patriot, US Army General and Governor of Montana who flew the first tricolour flag on the 7th March 1848 from 33 The Mall in Waterford at the Wolf Tone Club.

  7. Thomas Francis Meagher - Irish Biography - Library Ireland

  8. Thomas Francis Meagher - Australian Dictionary of Biography

  9. Thomas Francis Meagher: An Irish American Patriot.

    Thomas Francis Meagher is a fascinating character who influenced the course of Irish History, forever remembered as the man who gave us our Tricolour, the precious National Flag of Ireland. He is known as one of Ireland’s great …

  10. Thomas Francis Meagher (bef.1823-1867) - WikiTree

  11. Thomas Francis Meagher: Greatest Irishman in American history

  12. Thomas Francis Meagher - Australian Dictionary of Biography

  13. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an …

  14. The Irish General : Thomas Francis Meagher - Google Books

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