DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MITCHELS OF DUNGIVEN
November 9, 2011 by New York State Board
Filed under Historical Happenings
John Mitchel was born to a radical Presbyterian minister, in Dungiven, Ireland, in 1815. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and became a lawyer and journalist. An outspoken nationalist, his love for Ireland led him to establish the United Irishman newspaper in 1848, but his impassioned articles soon led to his arrest on a charge [...]
