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The outbreak of the rebellion on the night of 23/24 May 1798 led to failed assaults on Ballymore-Eustace, Naas, and Prosperous.As news of the rising spread throughout Kildare, Kilcullen rebels began to mobilise in the ancient hill-top churchyard in the town-land now known as Old Kilcullen.
The 16-gun privateer Betsey was captured on 8 January 1798, followed by the 10-gun privateer Lynx on 15 March 1798. Also serving aboard Kingfisher at this time was Lieutenant Frederick Lewis Maitland. Maitland had gained a reputation for courage, so much so that the ship's company subscribed £50 to present him with a sword. [9]
The Battle of Castlebar was a military engagement of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 which occurred on 27 August 1798 near the town of Castlebar, County Mayo.A combined force of 2,000 French Revolutionary Army troops and United Irishmen rebels routed a British Crown force of 6,000 men mainly consisting of Irish militiamen led by Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake in what would later become known as ...
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Irish: Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Turn out, [6] The Hurries, [7] 1798 Rebellion [8]) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen.
The last action of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the Battle of Tory Island ended the final attempt by the French Navy to land substantial numbers of soldiers in Ireland during the war. The Society of United Irishmen , led by Wolfe Tone , launched an uprising against British rule in Ireland in May 1798.
The Royal Navy took the privateer into service as HMS Monsieur. [ 3 ] In 1794, whilst returning to England in the company of HMS Canada after escorting a convoy to Spain, Alexander , under the command of Rear-Admiral Richard Rodney Bligh , fell in with a French squadron of five 74-gun ships, and three frigates, led by Joseph-Marie Nielly . [ 4 ]
1798 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1798th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 798th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1798, the ...
[b] In 1847, the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Trafalgar" to all surviving claimants from the battle. After Trafalgar, Ajax was at the blockade of Cadiz. On 25 November, Thunderer detained the Ragusan ship Nemesis , which was sailing from Isle de France to Leghorn, Italy , with a cargo of spice, indigo dye , and ...