• Frederick Douglass In Kildare

    Frederick Douglass In Kildare

    A letter to the Editor of the Freeman’s Journal, on the 3rd September 1845, contained the following: ‘Mr Brennan, who is much devoted to the cause of teetotalism, induced Father Spratt to hold a meeting at Celbridge, notices of his intention to do so were posted up some days beforehand, and the consequence was that

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