William Orr (United Irishman)

William Orr
Born1766
Farranshane, County Antrim, Ireland
DiedOctober 14, 1797(1797-10-14) (aged 30–31)
Carrickfergus, Country Antrim, Ireland
AllegianceSociety of United Irishmen
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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.[1]

  1. ^ Cellaigh, Seán Ua (1953). Speeches From the Dock, or Protests of Irish Patriotism. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son.