Tag: Militia

#OTD in 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion | The Battle of Three Rocks | Rebels capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town.

30/05/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Rebellion continues with victory for Irish forces in Wexford. At Three Rocks, just outside Wexford town, 70 English militia are killed in a carefully planned ambush by Irish forces. In response to this and other action, English troops abandon Wexford town. At this stage, almost all of Wexford is in the hands of Irish forces. […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishman Rebellion | The rebels are defeated at Tara Hill; this marks the end of the rebellion in Co Meath.

26/05/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

The Battle of Tara Hill was fought on the evening of 26 May 1798 between British forces and Irish rebels involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in a heavy defeat for the rebels. Following the outbreak of the rebellion signaled in Meath by the prearranged signal of the ceasing of a mail-coach near […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion | The Battle of Three Rocks | Rebels capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town.

30/05/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

Rebellion continues with victory for Irish forces in Wexford. At Three Rocks, just outside Wexford town, 70 English militia are killed in a carefully planned ambush by Irish forces. In response to this and other action, English troops abandon Wexford town. At this stage, almost all of Wexford is in the hands of Irish forces. […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishman Rebellion | The rebels are defeated at Tara Hill; this marks the end of the rebellion in Co Meath.

26/05/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

The Battle of Tara Hill was fought on the evening of 26 May 1798 between British forces and Irish rebels involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in a heavy defeat for the rebels. Following the outbreak of the rebellion signaled in Meath by the prearranged signal of the ceasing of a mail-coach near […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion | The Battle of Three Rocks | Rebels capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town.

30/05/2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Rebellion continues with victory for Irish forces in Wexford. At Three Rocks, just outside Wexford town, 70 English militia are killed in a carefully planned ambush by Irish forces. In response to this and other action, English troops abandon Wexford town. At this stage, almost all of Wexford is in the hands of Irish forces. […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishman Rebellion | The rebels are defeated at Tara Hill; this marks the end of the rebellion in Co Meath.

26/05/2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

The Battle of Tara Hill was fought on the evening of 26 May 1798 between British forces and Irish rebels involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in a heavy defeat for the rebels. Following the outbreak of the rebellion signaled in Meath by the prearranged signal of the ceasing of a mail-coach near […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion | The Battle of Three Rocks | Rebels capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town.

30/05/2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Rebellion continues with victory for Irish forces in Wexford. At Three Rocks, just outside Wexford town, 70 English militia are killed in a carefully planned ambush by Irish forces. In response to this and other action, English troops abandon Wexford town. At this stage, almost all of Wexford is in the hands of Irish forces. […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishman Rebellion | The rebels are defeated at Tara Hill; this marks the end of the rebellion in Co Meath.

26/05/2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

The Battle of Tara Hill was fought on the evening of 26 May 1798 between British forces and Irish rebels involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in a heavy defeat for the rebels. Following the outbreak of the rebellion signaled in Meath by the prearranged signal of the ceasing of a mail-coach near […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: The Battle of Three Rocks – Rebels capture Enniscorthy and Wexford town.

30/05/2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Rebellion continues with victory for Irish forces in Wexford. At Three Rocks, just outside Wexford town, 70 English militia are killed in a carefully planned ambush by Irish forces. In response to this and other action, English troops abandon Wexford town. At this stage, almost all of Wexford is in the hands of Irish forces. […]

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#OTD in 1798 – United Irishman Rebellion: The rebels are defeated at Tara Hill; this marks the end of the rebellion in Co Meath.

26/05/2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

The Battle of Tara Hill was fought on the evening of 26 May 1798 between British forces and Irish rebels involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in a heavy defeat for the rebels and the end of the rebellion in Co Meath. Following the outbreak of the rebellion signaled in Meath by the […]

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