Irish Rebellion of 1798 - Background - Article Index

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 - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Legacy Of 1798
The aftermath of the rebellion in counties most affected became known as the "Great Silence" due to the reluctance to speak of the rising...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Society Of United Irishmen
The promise of reform inspired liberals to found the Society of the United Irishmen in 1791, openly putting forward its policies of democ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Government Crackdown And Counter Revolution
The shaken Establishment responed by launching a campaign of repression and coercion using tactics that included house burnings, torture,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Outbreak Of The Rebellion
The nucleus of the rebellion had imploded but the counties surrounding Dublin rose as planned and the long threatened rising finally bega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Plan
The initial plan was to take Dublin, with the counties bordering Dublin to then rise to prevent the arrival of reinforcements with the re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Aftermath
Pockets of rebel resistance remained in Wexford with the last rebel group under James Corocoran, veterans of the battle of New Ross, not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Atrocities
The prelude to the rebellion was characterised by the vicious brutality of Crown forces towards rebels, real or imagined, but large scale...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Government Crackdown And Counter Revolution
The shaken Establishment responed by launching a campaign of repression and coercion using tactics that included house burnings, torture,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Society Of United Irishmen
The promise of reform inspired liberals to found the Society of the United Irishmen in 1791, openly putting forward its policies of democ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Plan
The initial plan was to take Dublin, with the counties bordering Dublin to then rise to prevent the arrival of reinforcements with the re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - Outbreak Of The Rebellion
The nucleus of the rebellion had imploded but the counties surrounding Dublin rose as planned and the long threatened rising began, surro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - The Rebellion Spreads
In Wicklow large numbers rose but largely operated away from settled areas and engaged in a bloody rural guerilla war with the military a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Rebellion Of 1798: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Rebellion Of 1798 - French Landing
On 22 August, nearly two months after the main uprisings had been defeated, about 1,000 French soldiers under General Humbert landed in t...   » Read the article