Ireland's Hope: The "peculiar theories" of James Fintan Lalor (Part 1)
Talk About Ireland
English - September 30, 2020 15:19 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBSociety & Culture History history ireland irish society Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On Sunday September 19th 1847 a public meeting took place on the Fair Green in the village of Holycross, Co. Tipperary.
The meeting was organised by farmer-turned-journalist, James Fintan Lalor, who lived near Abbeyleix in Queen’s County.
On Saturday September 19th 2020, the 173rd anniversary of that fateful meeting, "Ireland's Hope", James P. Bruce's new study
of James Fintan Lalor, was launched in Holycross.
The principal speaker was writer and commentator, John Waters. He was introduced by Stephen Bruce.