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Occupation. Obstetrician. Notable work. Letter to his Excellency Earl Fitzwilliam (1795), Wake of William Orr (1797) Movement. Society of United Irishmen. William Drennan (23 May 1754 – 5 February 1820) was an Irish physician and writer who moved the formation in Belfast and Dublin of the Society of United Irishmen.
The original Test taken by members of the Society of United Irishmen was written by the Belfast physician William Drennan. Approved at the first meeting of the Dublin society in November 1791, it read:
Drennan, William, M.D., a United Irishman, poet and writer, was born in Belfast, 23rd May 1754. His father, Rev. Thomas Drennan, was a Presbyterian minister. William Drennan took his degree of M.D. at Edinburgh in 1778, and practised two or three years in Belfast, then for seven years at Newry, and ultimately removed to Dublin in 1789.
William Drennan (23 May 1754 – 5 February 1820) was an Irish physician and writer who moved the formation in Belfast and Dublin of the Society of United Irishmen. He was the author of the Society's original "test" which, in the cause of representative government, committed "Irishmen of every religious persuasion" to a "brotherhood of affection".
Drennan, William (1754–1820), physician, patriot, and minor poet, was born 23 May 1754 at his father's manse in Rosemary St., Belfast, third surviving child and only son of the Rev. Thomas Drennan and his wife Anne (née Lennox).
3 de feb. de 2020 · Mon Feb 3 2020 - 18:15. The phrase "the Emerald Isle" to describe Ireland is well known but what may not be as well known is that the man who is credited with first using the phrase was a doctor,...
William Drennan. William Drennan (1754-1820) was one of the founding members of the Society of United Irishmen, founded in Belfast in 1791. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Drennan helped to draft the constitution as well as the oath of the society.
