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Battle of Vinegar Hill
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The Battle of Vinegar Hill was a military engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 between a force of approximately 13,000 government troops under the command of Gerard Lake and 1
1845 illustration of the battle
1845 illustration of the battle
"The Camp on Vinegar Hill" - an illustration by George Cruikshank to accompany William Hamilton Maxwell's 1845 work History of the Irish rebellion in
"The Camp on Vinegar Hill" - an illustration by George Cruikshank to accompany William Hamilton Maxwell's 1845 work History of the Irish rebellion in 1798
A view of Vinegar Hill from Enniscorthy
A view of Vinegar Hill from Enniscorthy
The bridge at Enniscorthy, with Vinegar Hill visible in background
The bridge at Enniscorthy, with Vinegar Hill visible in background
Society of United Irishmen
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The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association, formed in the wake of the French Revolution, to secure representative government in Ireland. Despairing of constitutional reform, and in defianc
Battle of Vinegar Hill
…during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 on 21 June 1798 between a force of approximately 13,000 government troops under the command of Gerard Lake and 16,000 United Irishmen rebels led by Anthony Perry. The battle, a major rebel defeat, took place on a large rebel camp on Vinegar Hill and in the streets of Enniscorthy…
"The United Irish Patriots"
"The United Irish Patriots"
Bastille Day, 1792, Belfast. Volunteer companies parade "The Colours of Five Free Nations, viz.: Flag of Ireland – motto, Unite and be free. Flag of A
Bastille Day, 1792, Belfast. Volunteer companies parade "The Colours of Five Free Nations, viz.: Flag of Ireland – motto, Unite and be free. Flag of America – motto, The Asylum of Liberty. Flag of France – motto, The Nation, the Law, and the King. Flag of [Kościuszko's] Poland – motto, We will support it. Flag of Great Britain – motto, Wisdom, Spirit, and Liberality." Also portraits of Franklin – motto "Where Liberty is my country", and of Mirabeau – motto, "Can the African Slave Trade, though morally wrong, be politically right".
William Drennan: "what is a country properly considered but a free constitution?"
William Drennan: "what is a country properly considered but a free constitution?"
Wolfe Tone: "Reform, the Catholics, justice and liberty . . . or an unconditional submission".
Wolfe Tone: "Reform, the Catholics, justice and liberty . . . or an unconditional submission".