John Boyle O'Reilly ~ Sensational New Revelations

Old Drogheda Society

 

DROGHEDA MUSEUM MILLMOUNT

 

 

PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE

EXCLUSIVE

 

SENSATIONAL NEW REVELATIONS ON LIFE OF FENIAN

LEADER JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY

 

Poet and writer John Boyle O’Reilly from Dowth near Drogheda was one of the most romantic figures in Irish 19th century history. A handsome and charismatic journalist in his youth, he then became a “dashing hussar” in the British Army where he was secretly organising the Irish Republican Brotherhood (popularly known as “The Fenians”) for which he was convicted and transported to Australia. His daring escape from the penal colony in 1869 caused an international sensation and he made his way to the USA where he later became editor of a major Boston newspaper and a highly regarded poet and fighter for human rights. 

 

Historian, writer and broadcaster Ian Kenneally  author of the highly-acclaimed biography of John Boyle O’Reilly, “From the Earth A Cry” (2012) and producer of a documentary on O’Reilly’s Life, “The Cry of the Dreamer” (2014), has recently come across hitherto completely unknown primary source material in O’Reilly’s hand which uncovers sensational new details on his experiences in Australia, and makes his life-story even more epic and dramatic.

Ian Kenneally will reveal all exclusively at a Press Conference at Drogheda Museum Millmount on Wed 16th Sept 2015 at 8pm where he will speak on the extraordinary implications of this newly discovered material. He will also launch an exhibition based on the material which he has co-curated with Drogheda Museum and which will run until 11 November 2015. All members of the public are welcome to attend the Press Conference and Exhibition Launch.

DROGHEDA MUSEUM MILLMOUNT – WED 16 SEPT 2015 8pm – ALL WELCOME

 

Drogheda Museum Millmount,

History, Archaeology & Heritage, 

Governor's House,

Millmount,

Drogheda,

Co. Louth, Ireland,

0419833097