1798 Rebellion

Protestant Ascendancy

The wealthy land-owning Church of Ireland minority

Penal Laws

Laws that suppressed the status of Catholics in Ireland

Northern Star

The newspaper of the United Irishmen

An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland

Pamphlet by Wolfe Tone where he argued for better treatment of Catholics

Bantry Bay, December 1796

The French sent a fleet to invade Ireland but they were unable to land due to stormy weather

The Orange Order

An organisation founded to promote unity amongst Protestants

Scullabogue

Site of massacre of Protestants by the United Irishmen in Wexford

Vinegar Hill

battle where the United Irishmen were defeated in Wexford

Sectarianism

Conflict and hatred based on a religious divide

The Act of Union

an act passed in 1800 that abolished the Irish parliament

The Father of Irish Republicanism

Wolfe Tone was the first person to argue for an independent Irish republic and advocate the use of violence to achieve it