The People's Rising

The Wexford Rising of 1798 was the most bloody campaign in Irish history since the Williamite wars. In little than a month, over 30,000 people died. The Rising, which had been launched on a tide of revolutionary optimism, ended in slaughter. After this, the first republican revolt, Irish history was changed forever.

Auteur

Dr Daniel Gahan is a native of County Wexford and a graduate of St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He lectures in history at the University of Evansville, Indiana