Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Background
Since 1691 and the end of the Williamite war, Ireland had been controlled by a Protestant Ascendancy on behalf of the British Crown, gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of The United Irishmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of The United Irishmen - The United Irishmen And Sectarianism
The United Irishmen was a staunchly non-sectarian body which sought to unite all Irishmen, regardless of religion or descent. Many among ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of The United Irishmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of The United Irishmen - Politics
The United Irishmen was a staunchly non-sectarian body and sought to unite all Irishmen, regardless of religion or descent. Many among th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bantry Bay: Encyclopedia - Bantry Bay
Bantry Bay is a bay located in southwest Ireland, in County Cork. The bay runs approximately 35 km (22 miles) from northeast to southwest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of The United Irishmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of The United Irishmen - Foundation
They held their first meeting on October 18, 1791 in Belfast and passed the following three resolutions: That the weight of English infl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Act Of Union 1800: Encyclopedia - Act Of Union 1800
The Act of Union 1800 merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a merger of England and Scotland under the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1798: Encyclopedia - 1798
1798 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Of Attainder: Encyclopedia - Bill Of Attainder
A bill of attainder (also known as an act or writ of attainder) was an act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland: Encyclopedia - United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was created on 1 January 1801 by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell
Daniel O'Connell (August 6, 1775 – May 15, 1847), known as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was Ireland's predominant politician in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Great Britain: Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a state located in Western Europe, from 1707 to 1800...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ireland: Encyclopedia - History Of Ireland
The History of Ireland is the story of a large island in the north-west of Europe and is heavily influenced by the concurrent History of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster-scots: Encyclopedia - Ulster-scots
"Ulster-Scots" is a term used to refer to the people descended from Presbyterians of Scotland who live in Ulster, Ireland. "Scotch-Irish"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia - British Empire
The British Empire was the world's first global power and the largest empire in history. It was a product of the European Age of Discover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantic Revolutions: Encyclopedia - Atlantic Revolutions
"Atlantic Revolutions" is a cover term for a wave of late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century revolutions associated with the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of The United Irishmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of The United Irishmen - Foundation
They held their first meeting on October 18, 1791 in Belfast and passed the following three resolutions: That the weight of English infl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of The United Irishmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of The United Irishmen - 1798 Rebellion
The movement went underground from the mid-1790s as they became more determined to force a revolt against British rule. They forged links...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of The United Irishmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of The United Irishmen - 1798 Rebellion
The movement went underground from the mid-1790s as they became more determined to force a revolt against British rule. They forged links...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Society Of The United Irishmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Society Of The United Irishmen - After The Rebellion
The United Irishmen were severely persecuted in the years following the rebellion although a final attempt to revive their fortunes was m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Nationalism - History
Irish nationalism - Roots. Ireland has been subject to varying degrees of rule from England since the late 12th century. (See Norman Ir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cecil Woodham-smith: Encyclopedia Ii - Cecil Woodham-smith - Early Life
Cecil Woodham-Smith was born in 1896 in Tenby, Wales. Her family, the Fitzgeralds, were a well-known Irish family, one of her ancestors b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Background: The English And Scottish Empires
British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, (also known as William the Bastard because he was the pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Campaigning For Catholic Emancipation
He returned to politics in the 1810s, campaigning for Catholic Emancipation, that is, the repeal of all anti-Catholic legislation enforce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ireland 1691-1801: Encyclopedia Ii - Ireland 1691-1801 - Irish Parliament And Politics
Ireland 1691-1801 - The Penal Laws. The Irish Parliament of this era was almost exclusively Anglican in composition. Catholics had been...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Moore Novelist: Encyclopedia Ii - George Moore Novelist - London And Paris
In 1868, Moore's father was elected MP for Mayo and the family moved to London the following year. Here, Moore senior tried, unsuccessful...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ireland 1801-1922: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ireland 1801-1922 - Act Of Union And Catholic Emancipation
Ireland opened the nineteenth century still reeling from the after effects of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Prisoners were still being dep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donegore: Encyclopedia Ii - Donegore - History
The area is the site of the Battle of Donegore, a side-skirmish of the Battle of Antrim [1], in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Weaver poet,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Republicanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Republicanism - Irish Republicanism In Independent Ireland The Irish Free State And The Republic Of Ireland
Irish Republicanism - The Irish Free State. Though many across the country were unhappy with the Anglo-Irish Treaty (since, during the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ireland - Union With Great Britain 1801-1922
In 1800, after the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the British and the Irish parliaments (the latter controversially, as massive bribery was inv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Background: The English And Scottish Empires
British Empire - The Anglo-Norman Kingdom. In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy,(also known as Bastard because he was the products of a a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Arklow: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Arklow - The Battle
The rebel army that formed for attack on the afternoon of the 9th June was a combined force of Wexford and Wicklow rebels led by Billy By...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rathfarnham: Encyclopedia Ii - Rathfarnham - History
Rathfarnham - Military Road. Rathfarnham is the start of the infamous Military Road. This road through the Wicklow Mountains (still in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballyclare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ballyclare - History
People have lived here for five thousand years. Invaders included Vikings and Normans. The earliest evidence of people in this area is a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Castlebar: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Castlebar - Background
The long awaited French landing to assist the Irish rebellion had taken place five days previously on 22 August when almost 1,100 troops ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland - The New United Kingdom
The Act of Union was initially seen favourably in Ireland, given that the old Irish parliament was seen as hostile to the majority Cathol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Of Attainder: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Of Attainder - American Usage
Bills of attainder were used through the 18th century in England, and were applied to English colonies as well. One of the motivations fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - 1798 - Events
1798 - Ongoing events. French Revolution (1789-1799 Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign May-October - Ir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of New Ross 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of New Ross 1798 - Primary Sources
John Alexander "A Succinct Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Rebellion in the County of Wexford, especially in the vicinity of Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Grattan: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Grattan - Grattan's Parliament
One of the first acts of Grattan's parliament was to prove its loyalty to England by passing a vote for the support of 20,000 sailors for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flight Of The Wild Geese: Encyclopedia Ii - Flight Of The Wild Geese - Spanish Service
The first Irish troops to serve as a unit for a continental power formed an Irish regiment in the Spanish army of Flanders in the Eighty ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh - Decline And Death
Despite his many achievements, Castlereagh was extremely unpopular within the country as a result of his supposed reactionism abroad, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St Patrick's College Maynooth: Encyclopedia Ii - St Patrick's College Maynooth - History
The college was established in 1795, by act of the Parliament of Ireland, and the building work was paid for by the British Government, p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Republicanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Republicanism - Irish Republicanism In Independent Ireland The Irish Free State And The Republic Of Ireland
Irish Republicanism - The Irish Free State. Main articles: Anglo-Irish War and Anglo-Irish Treaty Though many across the country were u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Nationalism - History
Irish nationalism - Roots. Ireland has been subject to varying degrees of rule from England since the late 12th century. (See Norman Ir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Campaigning For Catholic Emancipation
He returned to politics in the 1810s, campaigning for Catholic Emancipation, that is, the repeal of all anti-Catholic legislation enforce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Newfoundlanders: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Newfoundlanders - History
The Irish migrations to Newfoundland, and the associated provisions trade, represent the oldest and most enduring connections between Ire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Easter Rising: Encyclopedia Ii - Easter Rising - The Rising
The plan, largely devised by Plunkett (and apparently very similar to a plan worked out independently by Connolly), was to seize strategi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dublin: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dublin - Colonial Dublin
Dublin and its inhabitants were transformed by the upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries in Ireland. These saw the first thorough Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster-scots: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulster-scots - American Presidents Of Ulster Scots Descent
One-third of all US Presidents had their ancestral origins in the northern province of Ireland (Ulster) During his two visits to Ulster, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballyclare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ballyclare - The May Fair
Ballyclare May Fair occurs on a Tuesday in May every year, and is part of a week of festivities. The tradition stems from a grant by King...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Nationalism - Irish Nationalist Organisations 1791-present
19th Century Society of the United Irishmen Young Ireland Catholic Association Repeal Association Irish Republican Brotherhood-Fenian Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Colonization
In 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed the island of Newfoundland as England's for Elizabeth I, reinforcing John Cabot's prior claim to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Arklow: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Arklow - Primary References
Miles Byrne (1780-1862)- Memoirs J.B Gordon "History of the Rebellion in Ireland in the year 1798" (1801) Edward Hay "History of the Insu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Republicanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Republicanism - Republicanism In Northern Ireland
Irish Republicanism - 1921 - 1966. In 1921, Ireland was partitioned. Most of the country became part of the independent Irish Free Stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh - Early Career And Ireland
In 1790, Stewart took the seat of County Down and entered the Irish House of Commons as a Whig on a platform supporting electoral reform ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Stewart Viscount Castlereagh - Diplomatist
After serving in various positions in the Pitt and Addington governments, Castlereagh became Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Nationalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Nationalism - Present
In Northern Ireland today, nationalist is used to refer either to the Catholic population in general or the supporters of the moderate So...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballyclare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ballyclare - 2001 Census
Ballyclare is classified as a Small Town by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 4,500 and 10,000 pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Decolonisation And Decline
In the 1850s, the British Empire was challenged by the Indian Mutiny of 1857. In the 1880s, the British Empire again faced a challenge in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Extent
At what is usually considered its height in 1921, the British Empire consisted of the following territories: British Empire - Africa. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Moore Novelist: Encyclopedia Ii - George Moore Novelist - Family Background And Early Life
Moore was born in the family home, Moore Hall, by Lough Carra, County Mayo. The house had been built by his paternal great-grandfather, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flight Of The Wild Geese: Encyclopedia Ii - Flight Of The Wild Geese - French Service
From the mid 17th century or so, France overtook Spain as the destination for Catholic Irishmen seeking a military career. the principal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rathfarnham: Encyclopedia Ii - Rathfarnham - The Battle Of Rathmines
In July 1649, Ormonde marched his coalition forces of 11,000 men to the outskirts of Dublin, to take the city from its Parliamentary garr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Grattan: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Grattan - Death And Legacy
In the following summer, after crossing from Ireland to London when out of health to bring forward the Catholic question once more, he be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Grattan: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Grattan - In The British Parliament
For the next five years Grattan took no active part in public affairs; it was not till 1805 that he became a member of the parliament of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Moore Novelist: Encyclopedia Ii - George Moore Novelist - Works
Poetry Flowers of Passion (1878) Pagan Poems (1881) Plays Worldliness (1874) Martin Luther (1879) The Strike at Arlingford (1893) The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Moore Novelist: Encyclopedia Ii - George Moore Novelist - Later Life And Work
Moore returned to London, where, with the exception of frequent trips to France, he was to spend the rest of his life. In 1913, he travel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Moore Novelist: Encyclopedia Ii - George Moore Novelist - Dublin And The Celtic Revival
In 1901, Moore returned to Ireland to live in Dublin at the suggestion of his cousin and friend, Edward Martyn. Martyn had been involved ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Easter Rising: Encyclopedia Ii - Easter Rising - Long-term Impact
The Rising is generally seen as having been doomed to military defeat from the outset, and to have been understood as such by at least so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Footnotes
Note 1: Tara held a lot of significance to the Irish population as it was the old inaugeration site of the High Kings of Ireland. Clontar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Newfoundlanders: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Newfoundlanders - Irish Catholic Religious Orders
As the permanent population, and the numbers of young people and children in Newfoundland increased during the early 19th century, public...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Early Life
Born to a once-wealthy Roman Catholic family in County Kerry, O'Connell, under the patronage of his wealthy bachelor uncle, Maurice ('Hun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Newfoundlanders: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Newfoundlanders - Culture
In Newfoundland the Irish created a distinctive culture through the 18th century that is still evident. Almost all were Catholic. To Newf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Newfoundlanders: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Newfoundlanders - Irish Fraternities
Outside the Benevolent Irish Society (BIS), there were two fraternal organizations to which Irish Catholics in Newfoundland belonged. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Newfoundlanders: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Newfoundlanders - Location
The vast majority of Irish came from the southeast counties of Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Cork, and Waterford. The only notabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Death And Legacy
O'Connell died of heart disease in 1847 in Genoa, Italy while on a pilgrimage to Rome at the age of 71, his term in prison having serious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Political Beliefs And Programme
A critic of violent insurrection in Ireland, O'Connell once said that the freedom of Ireland was not worth the spilling of one drop of bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Campaign For Repeal Of The Union
O'Connell also campaigned for Repeal, that is, repeal of the Act of Union, which in 1801 merged the Parliaments of the Kingdom of Great B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Grattan: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Grattan - Rebellion And Union
At this time religious animosity had almost died out in Ireland, and men of different faiths were ready to combine for common political o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Free Trade And Informal Empire
Main article: Pax Britannica. The old British colonial system began to decline in the 18th century. During the long period of unbroken Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Easter Rising: Encyclopedia Ii - Easter Rising - Planning The Rising
While the Easter Rising was for the most part carried out by the Irish Volunteers, it was planned by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IR...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Footnotes
Note 1: Tara held a lot of significance to the Irish population as it was the old inaugeration site of the High Kings of Ireland. Clontar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Death And Legacy
O'Connell died of heart disease in 1847 in Genoa, Italy while on a pilgrimage to Rome at the age of 71, his term in prison having serious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Political Beliefs And Programme
A critic of violent insurrection in Ireland, O'Connell once said that the freedom of Ireland was not worth the spilling of one drop of bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rathfarnham: Encyclopedia Ii - Rathfarnham - Pubs
Rathfarnham - Buglers. Buglers Pub is situated in Ballyboden House on the Ballyboden Road in Ballyboden. It was first licenced in 1799 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Easter Rising: Encyclopedia Ii - Easter Rising - Long-term Impact
The Rising is generally seen as having been doomed to military defeat from the outset, and to have been understood as such by at least so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ireland - Early Christian Ireland 400–800
The middle centuries of the first millennium AD marked great changes in Ireland. Niall Noigiallach (died c.450/455) laid the basis for th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ireland - Early History: 8000 Bc–ad 400
What little is known of pre-Christian Ireland comes from a few references in Roman writings, Irish poetry and myth, and archaeology. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dublin: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dublin - Independence
Dublin had suffered severely in the period 1916-1922. It was the scene of a week's heavy street fighting in 1916 and again on the outbrea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Dublin: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Dublin - Medieval Dublin
After the Hiberno-Norman taking of Dublin in 1171, many of the city’s Norse inhabitants left the old city, which was on the south side ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Campaign For Repeal Of The Union
O'Connell also campaigned for Repeal, that is, repeal of the Act of Union, which in 1801 merged the Parliaments of the Kingdom of Great B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia Ii - Daniel O'connell - Early Life
Born to a once-wealthy Roman Catholic family in County Kerry, O'Connell, under the patronage of his wealthy bachelor uncle, Maurice ('Hun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - The Impact Of The First World War
The aftermath of World War I saw the last major extension of British rule, with Britain gaining control through League of Nations Mandate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Home Rule In White-settler Colonies
Britain's empire had already begun its transformation into the modern Commonwealth with the extension of Dominion status to the already s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Britain And The New Imperialism
Main article: New Imperialism. The policy and ideology of European colonial expansion between the 1870s and the outbreak of World War I i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Decolonisation And Decline
The rise of anti-colonial nationalist movements in the subject territories and the changing economic situation of the world in the first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Extent
At its traditional height in 1921, the British Empire consisted of the following territories: British Empire - Africa. Basutoland (now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Britain And The Scramble For Africa
Main article: Scramble for Africa. In 1875 the two most important European holdings in Africa were French controlled Algeria and Britain'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Personal Unions
British Empire - Kingdom of England 927 - 1707. Norway from 1016 to 1035 Denmark from 1016 to 1035 and again from 1040 to 1042 Normand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Remaining Overseas Territories
Main article: British overseas territory. Now only a few small territories remain under British administration, mostly for reasons of per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - British Empire - Extent After World War Ii
During and after World War II Britain acquired control of further territories though most of these (except the Trust Territories) cannot ...   » Read the article