• McCann was first elected Independent Irish Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Drogheda at the 1852 general election and—standing as a Whig in 1857 and Liberal...
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  • trafficker, known as Jim James McCann (Drogheda MP) (died 1873), Member of Parliament for Drogheda 1852–65 James McCann (St Stephen's Green MP) (1840–1904), Member...
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    the Boyne; the battle was fought 3 km (1.9 miles) west from Drogheda. Drogheda held for James under Lord Iveagh but surrendered to William the day after...
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  • Drogheda was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of...
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    Smith, James McCann, Patrick Ternan, Nathaniel Hill, Patrick Boylan, John Woolsey and William Rodger. On 13 November 1826, PS Town of Drogheda arrived...
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    Lawless (Clonmel), Francis Murphy (Cork), William Trant Fagan (Cork), James McCann (Drogheda), George Bowyer (Dundalk), Jogn Maguire (Dungarvan), John Fitzgerald...
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  • her Dundalk home. McGlinchey was released in March 1993 and, claiming to have no further involvement with the INLA, moved to Drogheda. He survived an assassination...
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    at Skerries by a priest named Fr. John Dillon, who accompanied him to Drogheda. In 1605 the manor and lands of Holmpatrick were granted to Donogh O'Brien...
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    Allen initially followed his father into journalism, firstly joining the Drogheda Argus as a copy boy, but at the age of 19 went to Fleet Street, London...
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  • Benjamin Whitworth (category People from Drogheda)
    contest the Drogheda constituency in a by-election as a Home Rule candidate. Elected unopposed in the 1880 general election, he sat as MP until the constituency...
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