James Coigly
Irish Roman Catholic priest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Father James Coigly (aka James O'Coigley and James/Jeremiah Quigley)[1] (1761 – 7 June 1798) was a Roman Catholic priest in Ireland active in the republican movement against the British Crown and the kingdom's Protestant Ascendancy. He served the Society of United Irishmen as a mediator in the sectarian Armagh Disturbances and as an envoy both to the government of the French Republic and to radical circles in England with whom he sought to coordinate an insurrection. In June 1798 he was executed in England for treason having been detained as he was about to embark on a return mission to Paris.
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Father James Coigly | |
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Born | 1761 |
Died | 6 June 1798 |
Cause of death | Executed for High Treason |
Nationality | Irish |
Education | Dundalk Grammar School, Collège des Lombards,Paris |
Occupation | Roman Catholic Priest |
Notable work | The Life of the Rev. James Coigly, and Address to the People of Ireland (1798), |
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