The 1798 Rebellion Begins

#OnThisDay 1798 The 1798 Rebellion began with attacks on mail coaches by United Irishmen. Its aim was to establish an independent, sovereign, Irish republic. Wolfe Tone wanted, ‘to unite Catholic, Protestant & Dissenter under the common name of Irishman’.

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