The document provides a timeline of key events from the Irish Uprising of 1798. It describes the formation of the Society of United Irishmen in 1791 who sought equal treatment for Catholics. In 1796, Wolfe Tone traveled to France to convince them to support an Irish rebellion. The Irish church rejected a rebellion in 1798 after the French occupied Rome. The British declared martial law in March 1798 and successfully suppressed the United Irishmen. The rebellion began in May 1798 led by Lord Edward Fitzgerald and the United Irishmen, but was ended by December 1800 when the Irish Parliament was dissolved and Ireland joined the United Kingdom.
The document provides a timeline of key events from the Irish Uprising of 1798. It describes the formation of the Society of United Irishmen in 1791 who sought equal treatment for Catholics. In 1796, Wolfe Tone traveled to France to convince them to support an Irish rebellion. The Irish church rejected a rebellion in 1798 after the French occupied Rome. The British declared martial law in March 1798 and successfully suppressed the United Irishmen. The rebellion began in May 1798 led by Lord Edward Fitzgerald and the United Irishmen, but was ended by December 1800 when the Irish Parliament was dissolved and Ireland joined the United Kingdom.
The document provides a timeline of key events from the Irish Uprising of 1798. It describes the formation of the Society of United Irishmen in 1791 who sought equal treatment for Catholics. In 1796, Wolfe Tone traveled to France to convince them to support an Irish rebellion. The Irish church rejected a rebellion in 1798 after the French occupied Rome. The British declared martial law in March 1798 and successfully suppressed the United Irishmen. The rebellion began in May 1798 led by Lord Edward Fitzgerald and the United Irishmen, but was ended by December 1800 when the Irish Parliament was dissolved and Ireland joined the United Kingdom.