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Photograph of London Fields in Hackney where on 6 July 1886 a massive demonstration was held in support of Irish Home Rule

Irish Home Rule in Hackney: 5 July 1886, London Fields E8.

The day before the General Election of 1886, somewhere between six and ten thousand people gathered in London Fields to support the cause of Home Rule for Ireland.

19th Century

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1852 cartoon titled ‘A court for King Cholera’ by John Leech, published in Punch magazine 23 (1852), p. 139. Image source: Wellcome Collection, via Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

Death in Irish Whitechapel: Cholera in Blue Anchor Yard E1, 1848

Looking from Cartwright Street towards Blue Anchor Yard, Royal Mint Estate on the site of what was Rosemary Lane, Whitechapel E1....

19th Century

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An 1820 etching by an unknown artist showing the front of the old Haymarket Theatre, where it is thought that the Black Irish soprano Rachael Baptist (Rachel Baptist) performed in 1767

A woman of colour at the Haymarket Theatre: Rachael Baptist?

View of the front of the old Haymarket Theatre, taken down in 1821, by unknown artist (1820 Etching). Image source: © The Trustees of...

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Irish Home Rule in Hackney: 5 July 1886, London Fields E8.

Death in Irish Whitechapel: Cholera in Blue Anchor Yard E1, 1848

A woman of colour at the Haymarket Theatre: Rachael Baptist?

Finding Ireland in the History of London