The government instantly, and for the first time, suspended the convertability of paper money. The bank would not pay out the value of the note in gold. A precedent that is at the core of paper currencies today.
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Jemima Nicholas was the name of the local heroine. There’s a tapestry to celebrate.
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1798 Killala Co Mayo
I suppose you can argue Ireland was a seperate kingdom -
Not Britain though
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An ancestor of mine, a small trading ship captain, was captured in that invasion
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Family legend has it that he was forced to tell them where to land, and he gave them intentionally crappy advice. Captain Owen. A relative of mine had a plate of his, from days trading to India, up on the wall of his home in Pembrokeshire.
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And after the Fishguard women captured them, the Pembroke girls sprung them from prison
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Rudolf Hess 1941
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