Rebellion

Irish Rebellion of 1798

24 May 1798 – 24 Sep 1798 · 53.00° N, 8.00° W

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When
24 May 1798 – 24 Sep 1798
Kind
Rebellion
Coordinates
53.00° N, 8.00° W
Description
1798 rebellion during the French Revolutionary Wars

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Irish Rebellion of 1798

Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 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. First formed in Belfast by Presbyterians opposed to the landed Anglican establishment, the Society, despairing of reform, sought to secure a republic through a revolutionary union with the country's Catholic m…

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