THOMAS PAINE, IRELAND AND THE IRISH GHOST
By Fergus Whelan Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England, in 1737. He had worked as a staymaker and a customs officer before emigrating to the North American colonies in 1774, where he quickly found work as a journalist. He achieved international fame in January 1776 when he wrote Common sense, an influential pamphlet that … Read more