Tag: Newcastle uypon Tyne

In 1835, Daniel O’Connell – Ireland’s ‘King Dan’ – came to Tyneside on his first and only visit. This post will tell the story of that visit and examine the role local Ribbonmen, in the guise of Newcastle’s Hibernian Society, had in his tumultuous reception. On 14 September 1835, Daniel O’Connell, Member of Parliament for […]