1798 Rebellion

The Penal Laws were laws discriminating against Protestants

Ireland had it's own Parliament that was under the control of The Protestant Ascendancy but what was it known as?

Which of the following men were involved in setting up the United Irishmen? (Pick 3)

What date was the United Irishmen founded?

The United Irishmen were declared an illegal organisation in 1794

[blank_start]Wolfe Tone[blank_end] tried to persuade the [blank_start]French[blank_end] to help in a rebellion against the English. In [blank_start]December 1796[blank_end] the French sent [blank_start]14,000[blank_end] soldiers to help but because of the bad weather they were unable to land at [blank_start]Bantry Bay.[blank_end]

After hearing of the attempted rebellion the British started to terrorize the country and famously used which form of torture to punish those they believed to be disloyal to the crown?

Spies within the United Irishmen led to the rebellion of 1798 being thrown off as many of the leaders including Lord Edward Fitzgerald were arrested.

The most significant rebellion of the year took place in [blank_start]Wexford[blank_end]. It started in [blank_start]Boulavogue[blank_end] in [blank_start]May 1798[blank_end] and was led by [blank_start]Father John Murphy[blank_end]. After capturing [blank_start]Enniscorthy[blank_end] they set up their base at [blank_start]Vinegar Hill[blank_end] and after freeing prisoners held in [blank_start]Wexford Town[blank_end] they appointed [blank_start]Bagenal Harvey[blank_end] to be the new leader. However they were defeated at the battle of [blank_start]New Ross[blank_end] and forced to retreat. They were eventually trapped and outgunned on [blank_start]Vinegar Hill[blank_end] on [blank_start]21st June 1798[blank_end] and defeated by [blank_start]General Lake's[blank_end] army.

Other less successful Rebellions took place where? Pick 3

There were outbreaks of sectarian violence in Scullabogue where 200 protestants were murdered by the rebels and on Wexford Bridge where 93 protestant prisoners were killed?