Andrew Fitzgerald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish tax resister
Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1763
Place of Birth: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Date of Death: 14-Dec-1843
Profession: Catholic priest
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Andrew Fitzgerald
- Father Andrew Fitzgerald O.P (November 30, 1763 – December 14, 1843) was a Dominican friar and professor of theology from Kilkenny, Ireland.
- He attended Kilkenny College, and University of Louvain.
- He was a professor at St.
- Patrick's College, Carlow.
- Fitzgerald taught classics, philosophy, theology and sacred scripture.
- He was chair of divinity, and president.
- at St.
- Patrick's.
- In 1811 he set up a school for girls in Carlow town. Fitzgerald was imprisoned during the Tithe War in 1832 for his refusal to pay tithes.
- In 1835, the French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville said "Mr.
- Fitzgerald is a lovable old man; democratic and Catholic fervour is shown more openly with him than with the Bishop."
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