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Thomas Francis Meagher

1823 - 1867

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Thomas Francis Meagher ( MAR; 3 August 1823 – 1 July 1867) was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death but received transportation for life to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in Australia. In 1852, Meagher escaped and made his way to the United States, where he settled in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Francis Meagher has received more than 656,988 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Francis Meagher is the 18,251st most popular politician, the 420th most popular biography from Ireland and the 65th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas Francis Meagher ranks 18,251 out of 19,576Before him are Pat Quinn, John Thune, Franck Riester, Ed Schafer, Samuel Bodman, and Rehman Malik. After him are Federico Peña, Katarzyna Lubnauer, Peter Heine Nielsen, Tatiana Turanskaya, Jorge Arreaza, and Raghubar Das.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Thomas Francis Meagher ranks 84Before him are Coventry Patmore, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Edward Augustus Freeman, William Hart, Francis Parkman, and George Henry Williams.  Among people deceased in 1867, Thomas Francis Meagher ranks 63Before him are Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Ira Aldridge, Robert Smirke, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Sterling Price, and Prideaux John Selby.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Thomas Francis Meagher ranks 420 out of 549Before him are Caroline Corr (1973), Jessie Buckley (1989), Becky Lynch (1987), Angela Farrell (1952), Stephen Hunt (1981), and David Kennedy (1953). After him are Niall Horan (1993), Noel Hogan (1971), Liam O'Flynn (1945), William Allingham (1824), Jonathan Sexton (1985), and Niall Quinn (1966).

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Thomas Francis Meagher ranks 65Before him are Henry Grattan (1746), Thomas Fitzsimons (1741), Éamonn Ceannt (1881), John Redmond (1856), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), and Michelle O'Neill (1977). After him are Pierce Butler (1744), Charlie McCreevy (1949), Simon Coveney (1972), and Kellie Harrington (1989).