About Robert Hilliard
Lived 1904 – 1937 (aged 32). Robert Hilliard was an Irish journalist, boxer, boxer (boxing) and minister (Christianity).
Robert Martin Hilliard (7 April 1904 – 22 February 1937) was an Olympic boxer, Irish republican, Church of Ireland minister and communist. He was killed in the Spanish Civil War fighting in the International Brigades.
Biography Hilliard was born in Lower Main Street, central Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. and then Mountjoy School in Dublin. He won a Read Sizarship to Trinity College Dublin in 1921.
Hilliard left Trinity in 1925 without a degree. Hilliard was one of four riflemen in the rearguard covering the Republican retreat after the Battle of Jarama. All were killed, Hilliard dying of his wounds at Castellón de la Plana five days after being shot.
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Who was Robert Hilliard?
Irish boxer (1904–1937)
When was Robert Hilliard born?
Robert Hilliard was born on 7 April 1904 in Killarney.
When did Robert Hilliard die?
Robert Hilliard died on 22 February 1937 in Castellón de la Plana.
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Robert Hilliard was a journalist, boxer, boxer (boxing) and minister (Christianity).
What nationality was Robert Hilliard?
Robert Hilliard was Irish.
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