1798 Rebellion

Protestant ascendancy

the wealthy land-owning Church of Ireland minority

Dissenters

Irish Presbyterians, who 'dissented' from the official Protestant Church of Ireland

Half-hangings

Hanged until nearly dead

Pitch-capping

pouring hot tar on a person's head before setting it on fire.

Causes (6)

Protestant ascendancy power, Catholic-Presbyterian discontent, poverty, American /French Revolution influence, Wolfe Tone

sectarianism

Conflict and hatred based on a religious divide

yeomanry

The senior light cavalry regiment in The British Army reserve

Why the rebellion failed (5)

Badly trained rebels, few decent weapons, no useful French help, infiltrated by British spies, faced much stronger government

Consequences (3)

Intensified sectarian divides between Catholics and Protestants, act of union- Britain brought Ireland back under its direct control, tone's dreams inspired many who came after him

Penal laws

Laws that discriminated against Catholics and were designed to keep them poor and powerless

Physical Force Nationalism

Nationalists were prepared to use violence to fight for independence against britain

Penal laws (5)

Catholics could not vote/sit in parliament, catholic priests were banned, catholics could not attend school, catholic-owned land had to be divided equally between all sons of the father died, they had to pay tithes to Church of Ireland

Orange Order

Created to encourage unity between Anglicans and Presbyterians in opposition to Catholics

When did the rebellion begin?

23rd May 1798

Who led the rebels in Wexford?

Father John Murphy