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| Keywords: Irish national balloon and parachute jump in 1848.jpg en Rotundo i e Rotunda Gardens Mr Hampton's grand 77th ascent with his new royal Irish national balloon Erin-Go-Bragh the first ascent this season will take place on Easter Monday 24th April 1848 Poster advertisement for a parachute jump by aeronaut John Hampton on 24 April 1848 from The Irish National Balloon Erin Go Bragh at the Rotunda Gardens Dublin Hampton made two earlier balloon flights in Ireland on 5 September 1846 The poster boasts incorrectly that Hampton was the first parachutist but he was preceded by Louis-Sébastien Lenormand in 1783 and others Erin Go Bragh is said by the poster to be the first Balloon that was ever made in Ireland other balloons which have been used in this country having been constructed elsewhere The balloon Erin Go Bragh is described as having richly emblazoned a national emblem under the well-known motto of 'Gentle when stroked Fierce when provoked 1848-04-24 http //www loc gov/pictures/item/2002724885/ Mr Hampton's grand 77th ascent with his new royal Irish national balloon Erin-Go-Bragh J Berry printer 159 Gt Britain-Street 1848 <gallery> File Rotundo i e Rotunda Gardens Mr Hampton's grand 77th ascent with his new royal Irish national balloon Erin-Go-Bragh LCCN2002724885 tif tif </gallery> DEFAULTSORT 1848-04-24 Custom license marker 2013 01 22 PD-Art-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Images from the Library of Congress Sporting event posters Aviation advertising posters Balloon aircraft in art 1848 Erin-Go-Bragh John Hampton aeronaut 1848 1848 in aviation 1848 in aviation 1840s posters Ireland in the 1840s Posters of Ireland 1848 Aviation in Ireland 1848 Hot air balloons of Ireland 1848 Sports in Dublin 1848 Events in Dublin 1848 | ||||
