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| Titre : | Republicanism, agrarianism and banditry in the west of Ireland, 1798-1803 (2006) |
| Auteurs : | James G. PATTERSON, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol. 35 n 137 2006) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 17-39 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | On 22 August 1798 the United Irishmen's long-term efforts to obtain French support finally came to fruition with the appearance of three frigates in Killala Bay on the coast of Mayo. Unfortunately for them, their allies had come too late, for the rebellion of 1798 had suppressed several weeks earlier. Moreover, the French landing force numbered barely a thousand men. Nonetheless, this belated and undersized army was joined by thousands of Irish volunteers and scored several local victories before being overwhelmed at Ballinamuck in County Longford on 8 September. Events ran full circle, and the last significant action of the western rebellion also took place at Killala on 23 September, where in under an hour another 400-600 rebel dead were added to the roughly 2,000 slaughtered during and after Ballinamuck |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Mention de responsabilité : | James G. Patterson |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
