The first unveiling of the Irish Tricolour by Thomas Francis Meagher at 33 the Mall in Waterford city took place on 7th March 1848. Meagher was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848.

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Bothwell in the central highlands of #Tasmania - home to the exiled John Mitchel and John Martin in the early 1850s #YoungIrelanders #Bothwell
Many thanks to Liz and Rob Virtue for the tour of historic Glen Derwent - previously Elwin’s Hotel, home to the exiled William Smith O’Brien 1850-3 #Tasmania #NewNorfolk #YoungIrelanders