• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Irish America

Irish America

Irish America

  • HOME
  • WHO WE ARE
    • ABOUT US
    • IRISH AMERICA TEAM
  • IN THIS ISSUE
  • HALL OF FAME
  • THE LISTS
    • BUSINESS 100
    • HALL OF FAME
    • HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 50
    • WALL STREET 50
  • LIBRARY
  • TRAVEL
  • EVENTS

June / July 2008

Primary Sidebar

Featured Video

Featured Podcast

News from the Irish Post

  • Man and woman extradited from Malta as part of investigation into rape and child cruelty

    A MAN and woman have been extradited from Malta to Northern Ireland as part of an investigation i...

  • Player in Ireland lands €17m EuroMillions jackpot

    A PLAYER in Ireland has landed Friday night's €17m EuroMillions jackpot after matching five numbe...

  • Investigation continues after gang attacks Co. Armagh pensioner and attempts to set him on fire

    POLICE are continuing to investigate an incident in Co. Armagh in which a masked gang attacked a ...

  • 'Today feels unbearably dark': 12 people dead following shooting at Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach

    TWELVE people have been confirmed dead following a shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia, where ar...

December 14, 1715

Thomas Dognan, the 2nd Earl of Limerick, member of the Irish Parliament and governor of the colony of New York, died on this day in 1715. Dognan was born to a Catholic family in County Kildare. Because of their religion, they fled to France. He served in an Irish regiment in France and achieved the rank of colonel in 1674. Due to the order that called all British subjects serving in France back to England, Dognan returned to London. He was given a high ranking commission by the Duke of York in Flanders. James, the Duke of York, had become Lord Proprietor of New York after the English had acquired the colony from the Dutch. He then appointed Dognan as the first provincial governor (1683-1688) of the colony.

Footer

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Subscribe

  • Subscribe
  • Give a Gift
  • Newsletter

Additional

  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2025 · IrishAmerica Child Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in