The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (In Our Time)
1798 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the momentum behind rebellion in Ireland in 1798, the people behind the rebellion and the impact over the next few years and after. Amid wider unrest, the United Irishmen set the rebellion on its way, inspired by the French and American revolutionaries and their pursuit of liberty. When it broke out in May the United Irishmen
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Around 1798
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- French Revolution (1789)
- Industrial Revolution begins (1760)
- Industrial Revolution ends (1840)
- American Revolution (1775)
- American Revolutionary War (1775)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)