Phoenix CC is the oldest cricket club in Ireland, founded in 1830, by John Parnell, the father of Charles Stewart Parnell famous for bringing Irish home rule to the forefront of the political agenda, was a short lived member.
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3 November - The Parnell Baronetcy, of Rathleague, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for John Parnell, High Sheriff of Queen's County.
The Parnell Baronetcy, of Rathleague in the Queen's County, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 3 November 1766 for the first Baron's grandfather John Parnell.
Finally in 1799 he was appointed Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer and a Lord High Treasurer of Ireland in place of Sir John Parnell, who quarrelled violently with Pitt over the projected union, which he categorically refused to support.
Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet (c. 1720–1782), was an Irish politician and a baronet.