Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803Robert Emmet is one of the best known but least understood figures in Irish history. As the premier popular hero of the nineteenth century, his dramatic speech from the dock challenged successors to vindicate his deeds by ensuring that Ireland took its place amongst the nations of the world. The Rising of 1803, of which Emmet was the main strategist, comprised the first attempt of the republican United Irishmen to sever the Act of Union between Britain and Ireland by armed force. The first revolutionary effort however was the Great Rebellion of 1798. This formative experience was of the utmost importance in the planning and execution of the second effort in 1803. In this contextualized biography the author draws on significant new research to establish the correct relationship between the pivotal events of 1798 and 1803. Moreover, the importance of Emmet's dealings with Continental exiles and allies between 1800 and 1802, not least Napoleon, are examined. This definitive two-volume biography of Emmet re-evaluates his revolutionary career and legacy. |
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... pikes were then in the hands of the rebels on Thomas and James's Streets.90 Asgill would have been in great peril if captured given his reputation as ' the head butcher ' of the Rebellion arising from his detachment's slaughter of 150 ...
... pikes were then in the hands of the rebels on Thomas and James's Streets.90 Asgill would have been in great peril if captured given his reputation as ' the head butcher ' of the Rebellion arising from his detachment's slaughter of 150 ...
Page 108
... pikes and stones in their hands ' and ' an old man , upwards of seventy , a shoemaker well known in the Liberty : he ... pikes had been recovered in the streets of the Liberties sent out mixed signals.180 In 1804 , when the crisis had ...
... pikes and stones in their hands ' and ' an old man , upwards of seventy , a shoemaker well known in the Liberty : he ... pikes had been recovered in the streets of the Liberties sent out mixed signals.180 In 1804 , when the crisis had ...
Page 297
... pikes and blunderbusses , the rest to support them , and march openly with long pikes . To begin by the entrance of two job coaches , hackney coach- men , two footmen , and six persons inside , to drive in at the upper gate into the ...
... pikes and blunderbusses , the rest to support them , and march openly with long pikes . To begin by the entrance of two job coaches , hackney coach- men , two footmen , and six persons inside , to drive in at the upper gate into the ...
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1803 in MacDonagh 23 July Addis Emmet Anne Devlin arms army arrested Asgill attack August Belfast Captain Castlereagh claimed Cloney Colonel command conspiracy Coombe Cork Dowdall Drennan Dublin Castle Dublin Evening Post Dwyer Edward Emmet Insurrection evidently execution Fitzgerald French Hammond Hardwicke Papers Harold's Cross Home Office Home Office Papers House of Commons Howell Ibid Information insurgents Ireland James John Kearney Kildare Kilmainham Kilwarden Leinster Limerick London Lord Lord Edward Fitzgerald loyalists MacNally Madden March Marsden Marshalsea McCabe Meath Memoirs Michael Miles Byrne military Naas Newgate O'Donnell Patrick McCabe Patrick Street Persons in confinement pikes prison Provost Quay Quigley Rathfarnham Rebellion Papers rebels Redesdale Redmond republican reputedly Rising of 1803 Robert Emmet Russell Sarah Curran Sept soldiers south city suspected Thomas Street trial United Irish United Irishmen Viceroy's post Wexford Wickham Wicklow William Wilson's Dublin Directory XXVIII yeomanry yeomen