... the heather blazing,' the balladeer P.J. McCall wrote and Carraig Rua is the spot. It was in May 1798 that the local United Irishmen lit a bonfire on Carraig Rua hill to spark a momentous general rising in the county. These days, the heather is none too ...

... just a Carraig Rua is the spot. It was in few creaking pines surviving amid May 1798 that the local United the untidy jumble of felled lumber. Irishmen lit a bonfire on Carraig But main vista is to the north and Rua hill to spark a momentous gen- west ...

... presence of the inspirational priest who spent the battle several miles away at Castletown. In his absence, the United Irishmen proved anything but united, with Myles Byrne returning from the front angry at ...

... family was raised at Tincurry. in the parish of Ferns. on the banks of the River Slaney. Fact Two • the future hero of the United Irishmen was not the first member of his family to embark on a religious career, though his older brother did not stay the course ...

... completed last year. The site chosen for mound of light is just about perfect, atop Oulart Hill, scene of the first great United Irishmen victory of the rebellion of 1798. The land high on the ridge was acquired from James and Cathy Dempsey. It is easily ...

... ago which still lend fame to Oulart, the place where the North Cork militia were put to rout in the early days of the United Irishmen insurrection. In more recent times, the hurling team, a joint effort with the half-parish of The Ballagh, has also forced ...

... of the ancient and historic links between New Ross and Newfoundland. Newfoundland indeed offers a safe haven to many united Irishmen in the aftermath of the rising of 1798. Minister Byrne led the delegation to a celebration dinner in City Hall housed ...

... gaining experience and tactical knowledge which he would later use against his former masters. He was involved in the United Irishmen's movement long before the 1798 rising, and was one of the main leaders throughout the campaigns of that bloody year, ...

... the October 13 sitting of the court, for mention. garden to the memory of Father Mogue Reams. A prominent leader of the United Irishmen rebellion in 1798, he was executed by the forces of the Crown at Edenderry, County Offaly. The rebel priest's name was ...

... the 1798 Rebellion, is now commemorated with a garden of remembrance in the parish of his birth in 1765. The career of the United Irishman was traced by Cllr. Sean Og Doyle in his speech at the opening of the memorial last week. He pointed out that Kearns ...

... the rebels of 1798. And, as a devout student of Irish history, he was captivated by being able to look at the sword of United Irishmen leader Bagenal Harvey, which is a cherished part of the Castle collection. It has taken him five years to build his vision ...

... to the events of Easter 84 years ago, just as it was with the Island of Saints and Scholars, the Norman Invasion, the United Irishmen and so on? Jim had to admit that he could not point to any bullet scars to mark the events of that year. Though the Volunteers ...