Today 1798 Cpt. James Dickey who mastermind the Battle of Randalstown was hanged at Cornmarket, High Street, Belfast.
The young Presbyterian barrister from Crumlin, Antrim was a leading
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He was captured by the Sutherland Fencibles on the Divis Mountain where he'd…
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Members of my Presbyterian Belfast family were named Dickey in tribute to him right up until the 1940s ❤️
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I would love to read more about James Dickey. What would be the best sources?
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