Tag: English Rule

#OTD in 1798 – United Irish Rebellion begins in Wexford and in Leinster.

23/05/2023.Reading time 1 minute.

The short-lived, brutal 1798 Rebellion instigated by the United Irishmen commences when on the night of the 23rd May, the mail coaches leaving Dublin were seized – as a signal to those United Irishmen outside the capital that the time of the uprising had arrived. Founded in 1791, The United Irishmen had been inspired by […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irish Rebellion begins in Wexford and in Leinster.

23/05/2018.Reading time 1 minute.

The short-lived, brutal 1798 Rebellion instigated by the United Irishmen commences when on the night of the 23rd May, the mail coaches leaving Dublin were seized – as a signal to those United Irishmen outside the capital that the time of the uprising had arrived. Founded in 1791, The United Irishmen had been inspired by […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irish Rebellion begins in Wexford and in Leinster.

23/05/2017.Reading time 1 minute.

The short-lived, brutal 1798 Rebellion instigated by the United Irishmen commences when on the night of the 23rd May, the mail coaches leaving Dublin were seized – as a signal to those United Irishmen outside the capital that the time of the uprising had arrived. Founded in 1791, The United Irishmen had been inspired by […]

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1798 – United Irish Rebellion begins in Wexford and Leinster.

23/05/2016.Reading time 1 minute.

The short-lived, brutal 1798 Rebellion instigated by the United Irishmen commences when on the night of the 23rd May, the mail coaches leaving Dublin were seized – as a signal to those United Irishmen outside the capital that the time of the uprising had arrived. Founded in 1791, The United Irishmen had been inspired by […]

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