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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 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.
Daniel Massey (24 February 1798 – 15 November 1856) was an American-born Canadian blacksmith and businessman in what is now Newcastle, Ontario. A member of the Massey family and a farm machinery pioneer, Massey began production of agricultural implements in 1847 and established what grew into Massey-Ferguson. [1] [2]
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 ...
The Old York Historical Society has acquired the McIntire Garrison home, built in 1713, from the heirs of Mary McIntire Davis. ... York High School’s $6M athletic complex revamp to usher in new ...
27 May – Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London.The Prime Minister William Pitt fights a duel against the opposition politician George Tierney; 2 July – the Marine Police Force is formed on the River Thames by magistrate Patrick Colquhoun to prevent pilfering in the Port of London and West India Docks; [2] it is the first organised police force in Britain.
Old York may refer to: York, England, United Kingdom; York, Ontario, a recently dissolved municipality in Ontario in Canada; York, Upper Canada, the name of Old Toronto in Canada between 1793 and 1834; Old York Cellars, a winery in New Jersey; Old York Road, built in the 18th century to connect Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with New York City
The second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story.