Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley - victor at Waterloo - was born on Merrion Street on this day in 1769. Contrary to myth, never said: βbecause one is born in a stable does not make one a horse.β One of two Dubliners to serve as Prime Minister, the other the Earl of Shelbourne
Maud Gonne - English-born Irish republican and suffragette of Anglo-Irish descent - died in Dublin on this day in 1953. She was 86. Converted to Irish cause by Land Wars, she became a Home Ruler, then republican. She was also muse and long-time love interest of W. B. Yeats.
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