Irish rebellion of 1798

The Irish rebellion of 1798 was an uprising of Irish people against British rule in Ireland. It was led by Wolfe Tone and consisted primarily of a secret society called the United Irish. It was aided by Republican France. However, it never gained much traction due to its alliance with anti-Catholic France, because Ireland was primarily Catholic. Despite the British government's anti-Catholicism, most Irish Catholics supported the Crown as the lesser of two evils because of the issue of Revolutionary France's involvement. The uprising lasted several months. A group called the United Irishmen were the main driving force in the rebellion. They were influenced by revolutions taking place in America and France around the time. The uprising is also known as United Irishmen Rebellion.

United Irishmen Rebellion (1798)
Battle of Vinegar Hill, 21 June 1798
Date 24 May – 24 September 1798 (4 months) Location Ireland Result Rebellion crushed · Act of Union (1800)
Belligerents
United Irishmen Defenders France	Great Britain Ireland
Commanders and leaders
Wolfe Tone Henry Joy McCracken Lord Edward FitzGerald John Murphy Jean Humbert	General George Warde MGO Charles Cornwallis Lt. Gen. Gerard Lake Viscount Castlereagh
Strength
50,000 United Irishmen ~1,100 French Units 10–15 ships	~30,000 Regulars ~40,000 Militia ~25,000 Yeomanry ~1,000 Hessians

Between 10.000 and 50.000 people died as casualties on the Irish side, between 500 and 2000 on the English side.

Irish Rebellion Of 1798 Media

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  Charles Lucas, a Dublin apothecary who became a key figure in demands for greater Irish legislative independence

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  The patriot MP Henry Grattan addresses the Irish House of Commons, 1780; painting by Francis Wheatley

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  Pope Clement XIII; his 1766 recognition of the Hanoverian monarchs as legitimate kings of Ireland and Great Britain allowed senior Catholics to accommodate to the regime

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  Samuel Neilson, who began restructuring the United Irishmen in 1795 into a revolutionary organisation

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  In End of the Irish Invasion–or–the Destruction of the French Armada (1797), James Gillray caricatured the failure of Hoche's expedition.

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  Lord Camden c. 1825, head of the government in Ireland in early 1798: he came under increasing pressure from members of the Irish Parliament to arrest the United Irish leadership

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  Defeat of the Rebels at Vinegar Hill, by George Cruikshank.

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  General Joseph Holt (1799).