OF THE

IRISH REBELLION

OF 1798.

BY PHILIP HARWOOD.

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"There was ambition, there was sedition, there was violence mixing in the public
cause, but no man will persuade me that it was not the cause of Liberty on the one
side, and Tyranny on the other."

СНАТНАМ.

London:

JOHN K. CHAPMAN AND COMPANY,

5, SHOE-LANE, AND PETERBOROUGH-COURT, FLEET-STREET,

1848,

INTRODUCTION-SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE IRISH PEOPLE

DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-THE PENAL CODE-THE LAND-

LORDS-THE WHITEBOYS.

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CHAPTER II.

INTRODUCTION CONTINUED-IRISH PARLIAMENT AND PARLIAMENTARY PO-

LITICS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-THE PROTESTANT OPPOSITION

-WOOD'S HALFPENCE-DOCTOR LUCAS-THE UNDERTAKERS-TOWNS-

HEND'S GOLDEN DROPS-THE AMERICAN WAR-MR. RICHARD HERON. 12

CHAPTER III.

THE VOLUNTEERS OF 1782-" NOW IS OUR TIME"- -MISERABLE STATE OF

HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY-DRAGON'S TEETH SPRUNG UP ARMED MEN

-"FREE TRADE, OR ELSE"-SOMETHING MUST BE DONE-A GREAT

ORIGINAL TRANSACTION-SOMETHING IS DONE-LAWYERS' DOUBTS.

CHAPTER IV.

THE LEGISLATIVE INDEPENDENCE-LAWYERS' DOUBTS CONTINUED-REPEAL

AND RENUNCIATION-REFORM AGITATION-NATIONAL CONVENTION OF

1783-COMMERCIAL PROPOSITIONS-THE CREEPING, INCIPIENT UNION

-THE REGENCY QUESTION-THE DISAPPOINTMENT .

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SOCIETY OF UNITED IRISHMEN-THE MISTAKE OF 1783 CORRECTED-

THE NEW CATHOLIC DEMOCRACY-THE CATHOLIC QUESTION IN 1792

-THE GRAND JURIES-THE BACK-LANE PARLIAMENT.

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PROGRESS OF THE UNITED IRISH AGITATION-JAMES NAPPER TANDY AND

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS-PEEP OF-DAY BOYS AND DEFENDERS-

THEOBALD WOLFE TONE, HEAD PACIFICATOR—THE FOURTEENTH OF

JULY, 1792, AT BELFAST-THE BACK-LANE PARLIAMENT AGAIN-

IRISH PAPISTS AT ST. JAMES'S.

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CHAPTER VII.

SESSION OF 1793-IRISH PAPISTS AT DUBLIN CASTLE-NEGOCIATION, CON-

IRELAND IN 1793 AND 1794-THE DEFENDERS AGAIN-THE FIRST OF THE

STATE TRIALS—ARCHIBALD HAMILTON ROWAN-JACKSON AND COCK-

AYNE-END OF THE FIRST SOCIETY OF UNITED IRISHMEN.

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A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE-EARL FITZWILLIAM AND CONCILIATION-GENEROUS

IRELAND IN 1795 AND

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CHAPTER X.

1796-GATHERING OF THE STORM-NEW

ORGANISATION OF UNITED IRISHMEN-PEEP-OF-DAY BOYS AGAIN-

WILLIAM THRESHAM AND JOHN THRUSTOUT-BATTLE OF THE

DIAMOND-FIRST ORANGE LODGE-INDEMNITY AND INSURRECTION

ACTS-DOMICILIARY VISITS AND ARRESTS-THE REBEL ARMY GETTING

READY

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CHAPTER XI.

THEOBALD WOLFE TONE IN FRANCE-THE BANTRY BAY EXPEDITION

IRELAND

IN 1797-THE

CHAPTER XII.

LAST OF CONCILIATION AND REFORM

SECESSION OF THE WHIG OPPOSITION-PROGRESS OF THE UNITED

IRISHMEN-GENERAL

ULSTER-SECRET

LAKE'S PROCLAMATION-MARTIAL LAW IN

COMMITTEE-INFORMER NEWELL-THE DISARMING

OF ULSTER-" THE SPORT OF MAN-HUNTING -NECESSARY ACTS

UNITED IRISHMEN AT THE CLOSE OF 1797-

REMEMBER ORR."

OF COERCION-THE

ALLIANCE WITH THE DEFENDERS-

CHAPTER XIII.

THE YEAR 1798-PREPARING FOR THE WAR-MORE DISAPPOINTMENTS

FROM FRANCE-TRIAL OF FINNEY-O'BRIEN AND THE BATTALION

OF TESTIMONY-MILITARY COMMITTEE-AN ARMY FORMIDABLE TO

EVERY ONE BUT THE ENEMY-THOMAS REYNOLDS-ARRESTS OF THE

TWELFTH OF MARCH-THE NEW DIRECTORY-PROCLAMATION OF THE

THIRTIETH OF MARCH-66 WELL-TIMED MEASURES TO MAKE THE

REBELLION EXPLODE -PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN-THE

DAY