Sheares brothers
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The Sheares Brothers, Henry, and John were prominent members in Ireland of the republican Society of United Irishmen. Active in Cork and in Dublin, they opposed a Protestant faction in the leadership
John Sheares, Henry Sheares
Irish Rebellion of 1798
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The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United
Sheares brothers
…intentions. In 1798, following high-level arrests, they approved In the May 23rd date for a general uprising, but were themselves arrested in advance of the rebellion and were subsequently executed. The Sheares brothers were the sons of Henry Sheares, a liberal banker from County Cork who, as a communicant of the…
The leadership of the United Irishmen
In End of the Irish Invasion–or–the Destruction of the French Armada (1797), James Gillray caricatured the failure of Hoche's expedition.
"Pikeman" statue in Wexford Town
United Irishmen charge at Oulart Hill, 27 May 1798