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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.
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Kingdom of Ireland 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 ...
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.
Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland, and to establish a nationally representative government. Emmet entertained, but ultimately abandoned, hopes of immediate French assistance and of coordination with radical ...
The Irish Republic of 1798, more commonly known as the Republic of Connacht, was a short-lived state proclaimed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 that resulted from the French Revolutionary Wars. A sister republic of the French Republic , it theoretically covered the whole island of Ireland , but its functional control was limited to only very ...
The Battle of Carlow took place in Carlow town, Ireland on 25 May 1798 when Carlow rebels rose in support of the 1798 rebellion which had begun the day before in County Kildare.
Clane 1798 Memorial Clane: Co. Kildare: Battle of Coiseanna Hill [19] Clonakilty 1798 Memorial Clonakilty: Co. Cork: Local veterans [20] Battle of Big Cross Memorial Clonakilty: Co. Cork: Battle of the Big Cross [21] Clonegal 1798 Memorial Clonegal: Co. Carlow: Local veterans [22] 1798 Memorial Castlebar: Co. Mayo: General war memorial [23 ...