The 1798 Rebellion

Résumé du livre

Swept along by the rising tide of liberty that brought revolution to America and France in the late eighteenth century, the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland gave birth to the idea of a new nation free of English rule. The 1790's saw the emergence of the United Irishmen, the abortive French landing of 1796 on the Irish coast, and the brutal government repression that followed. The 1798 Rebellion itself lay at the heart of the stary. It included revolts in Leinster and east Ulster, and a small French landing in Connacht that was too little, too late. Deep-rooted divisions in Irish society would feed the bloody struggle and reappear even more prominently than before. IN the end 20,000 people perished in Ireland's first attempt at independence. In 1798 Rebellion tells the heroic and tragic story of theis fateful year in Irish history. On the two-hundredth anniversary of the rising, the authors reexamine these tumultuous events in the context of their times and in light of things to come.