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Michael O’Neill’s United Irishmen series commemorate
the United Irish movement of the late Eighteenth
Century. Most of the key figures in this organisation
lived and worked in the area and left an indelible
stamp on the city of Belfast.
Alongside their revolutionary ideals, the energies of
the main protagonists in the United Irishmen were
directed in cultural, educational, social and scientific
activities.
Mary Ann McCracken’s work in social reform,
Thomas Russell’s involvement with the Belfast Society
for the Promotion of Knowledge, Edward Bunting’s
investigations into traditional music and Samuel
Neilson’s backing of the Northern Star all deserve
individual recognition for being far sighted projects
that enabled Belfast to grow in stature as a free-
thinking, liberal and progressive city.
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