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Opinion: From aristocrats to revolutionaries - No 6 Harcourt Street was at the centre of Irish history
Cuan Ó Seireadáin discusses 6 Harcourt Street, which is the subject of a TG4 documentary tonight.
By Cuan Ó Seireadáin
Wednesday 14 Apr 2021, 7:00 AM
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Cuan Ó Seireadáin
HANS BLACKWOOD, BORN in Co. Down, the fourth son of Sir. John Blackwood M.P. in 1758, was not a man renowned for his imagination, except perhaps when it came to cooking the books of his wine business.
Two of his older brothers, Robert and James, seemed more interested in politics, and another brother, Henry, embarked on a naval career which took him all the way to Trafalgar, where he witnessed Admiral Nelson’s last will and testament.