John Hunter Gowan II
Deceased Person
1727 – 1824
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Who was John Hunter Gowan II?
John Hunter Gowan born c. 1727, died c. 28 May 1824, commonly known simply as 'Hunter Gowan' was an Irish loyalist and leader of a yeomanry corps known as the 'Black Mob', which was accused of committing atrocities against Catholic civilians before and after the outbreak of the 1798 rising in Wexford. He remains a hate-figure in local nationalist tradition. He was buried on 28 May 1824 in Christ Church, Gorey aged 97 years.
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