Massacre

Scullabogue Barn massacre

5 Jun 1798 · 52.36° N, 6.77° W

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When
5 Jun 1798
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
100
Coordinates
52.36° N, 6.77° W
Description
massacre in Ireland during the 1798 rebellion

Scullabogue Barn massacre

Massacre in Ireland during the 1798 rebellion

The Scullabogue Barn massacre was a mass murder of loyalist civilians committed in Scullabogue, near Newbawn, County Wexford, Ireland on 5 June 1798, during the 1798 rebellion. A guarding party of United Irishmen rebels massacred up to 200 noncombatant men, women and children, most of whom were Protestant, who were held prisoner in a barn which was then set alight.

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