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After the suppression of the rebellion by the British Crown, it was widely held in Ireland that the Wexford Rebellion was fuelled by sectarian tensions between Catholics and Protestants. [4] However, throughout the rebellion, prominent rebel leaders claimed that the rebellion was motivated by purely political reasons and not an issue of religion.
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.
28 May – Wexford Rebellion: Rebels take Enniscorthy. 29 May – Gibbet Rath massacre: Summary execution of 300–500 rebels by the British Army on the Curragh of Kildare. [4] 30 May – rebels occupy the town of Wexford. May – Blessington House, County Wicklow is burnt to the ground by rebels, and will never be rebuilt. [5] [6]
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.
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The statue of Saint Brigid at the Market Square of Kildare is dedicated to the memory of the victims at Gibbet Rath. General Duff received no censure for the massacre and, upon his arrival in Dublin the following day, was feted as a hero by the population who honoured him with a victory parade.
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