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The Irish Rebellion of 1798

In Our Time: History

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Can You Come and Back Us Properly Again, Liam?

The French are reluctant to support a successful rebellion in Ireland. So when the rebellion does break out in May 1798, it gives United Irish agents the opportunity to try and explain rebellion has now broken out. But of course the French are caught on the wares and they're really not able to send the number of troops that are necessary. The French arrive too late, they arrive in the wrong place, they arrive with too few troops. Now they make the best of it. They rally local people who join the cause. They attack Castle Bar where they defeat government forces and they're routed at Castle Bar. They declare an Irish republic, they appoint Jean-Mumber as president of the provisional

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