Gibbet Rath massacre

When

29 May 1798

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

300

Coordinates

53.15° N, 6.86° W

Description

mass execution of rebels during the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Mass execution of rebels during the Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Gibbet Rath executions, sometimes called the Gibbet Rath massacre, refers to the execution of several hundred surrendering rebels by government forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 at the Curragh of Kildare on 29 May 1798.

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