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William Orr (1766 – 14 October 1797) was an Irish revolutionary and member of the United Irishmen who was executed in 1797 in what was widely believed at the time to be "judicial murder" and whose memory led to the rallying cry “Remember Orr” during the 1798 rebellion.
Orr, William, a United Irishman, was born in 1766, at Farranshane, in the Parish and County of Antrim, where his father was a farmer and bleach-green proprietor in comfortable circumstances. William Orr was a member of the Society of United Irishmen, and in 1797 was arraigned, tried, and convicted at Carrickfergus, on the charge of having sworn ...
Jul 5, 2024 · Introduction. “Remember Orr!” was the battle cry of the Counties Antrim and Down United Irishmen during the Rebellion of 1798. William Orr’s arrest and execution the previous year, instead of being the deterrent hoped for by the authorities, proved to inspire and strengthen the determination of the rebels.
William T. Orr (born William Ferdinand Quinn Jr.; September 27, 1917 – December 25, 2002) [1] was an American actor and television producer associated with various Western and detective programs of the 1950s-1970s.
A short account of the trial and execution of William Orr at Carrickfergus in 1797, including his speech from the dock.
Oct 23, 1997 · William Orr's trial and execution became a public symbol of repression and ``Remember Orr'' became the battlecry of United Irishmen everywhere. United Irish leader, farmer and family man William Orr was judicially murdered 200 years ago, on 14 October 1797.
William Orr. Margaret Anne Cusack. An Illustrated History of Ireland. 1868. start of chapter | Chapter XXXVI. In the autumn of this year, 1797, Mr. Orr, of Antrim, was tried and executed, on a charge of administering the oath of the United Irishmen to a soldier.
