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William Drennan (23 May 1754 – 5 February 1820) was an Irish physician and writer who moved the formation in Belfast and Dublin of the Society of United Irishmen. He was the author of the Society's original "test" which, in the cause of representative government, committed "Irishmen of every religious persuasion" to a "brotherhood ...
Feb 3, 2020 · His name was William Drennan and he died 200 years ago on February 5th. He was born in May 1754 in Rosemary Street in Belfast where his father, Rev Thomas Drennan, was minister of the...
Drennan, William (1754–1820), physician, patriot, and minor poet, was born 23 May 1754 at his father's manse in Rosemary St., Belfast, third surviving child and only son of the Rev. Thomas Drennan and his wife Anne (née Lennox).
William Drennan is thought to be the first person to refer to Ireland as “the emerald isle” in his poem “When Erin first rose”. The phrase has become synonymous with Ireland ever since, especially in United States with Irish Americans looking back sentimentally on their homeland.
The biographical entry for Dr William Drennan, United Irishman, poet and writer, from 'A Compendium of Irish Biography', by Alfred Webb, 1878.
On the occasion, Dr. William Drennan, a founder, spoke of what he envisaged as the main purpose of Inst, which was to diffuse useful knowledge, particularly among the middling orders of society, as one of the necessities rather than of the luxuries of life; not to have a good education only the portion of the rich and the noble, but as a ...
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