Thursday, 3 February 2011

SIR WATKIN WYNN AND THE ANCIENT BRITON DRAGOONS 'The Sqeaky Little Welshmen': THEIR WAR UPON THE IRISH and the Battle of Ballyellis 30 June 1798.


  1. Info below thanks to Google.

  2. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn

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  1. Watkin Williams-Wynn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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  1. The House of Commons, 1790-1820 - Google Books Result

    History of Parliament Trust, Thorne, R. G - 1986 - Political Science
    no public emissary at Madrid, Williams Wynn might have the appearance of an official ... Soc. of Ancient Britons. Member, board of agriculture 1796. ...
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  2. MossValley: Wynnstay Hall, Ruabon, Denbighshire - the Williams ...


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    4. The Williams-Wynn collection | National Museum Wales

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      IRELAND AND THE BATTLE OF BALLYELLIS 30 June 1798:

      Battle of Vinegar Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


      The Battle of Vinegar Hill was an engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 when over 15000 British soldiers launched an attack on ...
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      1. Battle of Ballyellis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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        1. The Battle of Ballyellis on 30 June 1798 was a clash during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798 in Irish), between a surviving column of the ...
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        3. Ballyellis

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          Ireland , Historic and Picturesque - The History of Ireland


          1. Sir Watkins Wynn and his Ancient Britons distinguished themselves by their cruelties. The Homsperg Dragoons and the Orange Yeomanry equalled them in deeds ...
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        Although the sea swarmed with British cruisers, the French Fleet had never seen a man of war..... The Ancient Britons — the remainder of poor S wayne's force — were quartered in a... The Rebel Army. On the 27th of May, by mid-day, the rebel army, ..... The Durham was the most distinguished regiment in Ireland. ...
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        One way for Welsh Patriots to say stuff Watkin Wynn and his Ancient Briton Dragoons is to go to Ireland in June and learn more about the United Irishmen and Battle of Vinegar Hill at the National 1798 Centre:

        1. Irish Rebellion of 1798 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Irish: Éirí Amach 1798), also known as the United .... forced the Society underground and toward armed insurrection with French aid. ..... National 1798 Centre - Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford; The 1798 Irish ...
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        5. 1798 - Calendar of Events - National 1798 Centre, Wexford, Ireland

          Wexford, Anthony Perry is arrested, tortured and is forced to name the ...
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        1. Not least visit Ballyellis Battle Site and celebrate the defeat of the Cambro Brit Ancient Briton Dragoons.
        G.Gruffydd.

        PS: The ref to 'Sqeaky Little Welshmen referred to the Welsh Accent of North East Wales.
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