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The rebellion of 1798 is the most violent and tragic event in Irish history between the Jacobite wars and the Great Famine. In the space of a few weeks, 30,000 – peasants armed with pikes and pitchforks, defenceless women and children – were cut down, shot, or blown like chaff as they charged up to the mouth of the canon.
Great Britain's Irish militia arrest the leadership of the Society of United Irishmen marking the beginning of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. [1] A number are arrested at the house of Oliver Bond on 12 March. Lord Castlereagh is appointed Acting Chief Secretary for Ireland. 30 March – martial law is proclaimed in Ireland.
The rebellion took place in May 1798, but the only significant uprisings outside of the province of Ulster occurred in counties Wicklow and Wexford, both south of County Dublin. The rebels were met with a swift response from the Dublin Castle administration and the bulk of the rebellion was suppressed within a year.
Irish Rebellion of 1641: Phelim Ó Neill, Rory Ó Moore, Conor Maguire, Hugh Óg MacMahon 1642–52 Kingdom of Ireland Irish Confederate Wars: Irish Catholic Confederation: 1689–91 Kingdom of Ireland Williamite War: Jacobites under James II of England: 1798 Kingdom of Ireland Irish Rebellion of 1798: Society of United Irishmen: 1799–1803
The Dunlavin Green executions was summary execution of 36 suspected United Irishmen rebels in County Wicklow, Ireland by the Irish Yeomanry shortly after the outbreak of the rebellion of 1798. There are several accounts of the events, recorded at differing times and differing in detail.
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 [a] was an uprising in Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers. Their demands included an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and return of confiscated Catholic lands .
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1867 – Fenian Rising: an abortive attempt at a nationwide rebellion by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. 1879–1882 – Land War : A period of agitation in rural Ireland led by The Irish National Land League , the main aims of the war were to get Free sale, fixity of tenure, and fair rent for the tenant farmers.