1798 Rebellion

Question 1

Nationalism

Answer 1

The desire to gain independence from Britain.

Question 2

Unionism

Answer 2

Wanting to maintain the link with Britain.

Question 3

Physical force

Answer 3

Achieving independence through an armed rebellion or uprising.

Question 4

Protestant Ascendancy

Answer 4

Small group of Church of Ireland members that controlled Ireland.

Question 5

Penal laws

Answer 5

Used by the Protestant Ascendancy to maintain power in Ireland. These laws discriminated against Catholics and Presbyterians.

Question 6

Causes of the 1798 Rebellion

Answer 6

Catholic and Presbyterian discontent, poverty in the countryside, the influence of the American and French Revolutions and the establishment of the United Irishmen.

Question 7

The United Irishmen

Answer 7

A society established to unite all Irish men and reduce English power in Ireland.

Question 8

Wolfe Tone

Answer 8

Leader of United Irishmen.

Question 9

An Argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland

Answer 9

1791. Pamphlet written by Wolf Tone.

Question 10

The United Irishmen were banned because

Answer 10

war broke out between Britain and France in 1793 which led to widespread repression in Ireland.

Question 11

Two countries Wolf Tone went to for help

Answer 11

American and France

Question 12

Assistance provided by France in 1796

Answer 12

43 ships, 15,000 soldiers and General Hoche.

Question 13

General Hoche

Answer 13

Led French troops to Bantry Bay.

Question 14

The French fleet failed to land in Bantry Bay because

Answer 14

of bad weather.

Question 15

General Lake

Answer 15

British soldier sent to Ireland to prevent a rebellion. His troops burnt houses, flogged and tortured suspects and confiscated weapons.

Question 16

Lord Edward Fitzgerald

Answer 16

Irish aristocrat and revolutionary who died of wounds received while resisting arrest on a charge of treason.

Question 17

Croppies

Answer 17

Nickname given to Irish rebels fighting for independence during the 1798 Rebellion.

Question 18

Pitch-capping

Answer 18

Pouring hot tar into a conical shaped paper ‘cap’, which was forced onto the suspect’s head, allowed to cool, then rapidly removed, taking with it a portion of the suspect’s skin and tissue.

Question 19

Four main areas where rebellion broke out

Answer 19

Dublin and surrounding counties, Wexford, Ulster and Mayo.

Question 20

The rising in Dublin, Kildare and Meath was

Answer 20

signalled by attacks on mail coaches but easily put down.

Question 21

Rebel victories in Wexford

Answer 21

Oulart Hill, Enniscorthy and Wexford town.

Question 22

Yeomanry

Answer 22

Part-time army (protestant)

Question 23

Leaders of the rebellion in Wexford

Answer 23

Father John Murphy and Bagenal Harvey.

Question 24

Scullabogue Massacre

Answer 24

126, mostly Protestant, men, women and children were rounded up and shot or burnt alive in a barn.

Question 25

Three locations where the Wexford rebels were defeated

Answer 25

New Ross, Arklow and Vinegar Hill.

Question 26

Leaders of the rebellion in Ulster

Answer 26

Henry Joy McCracken and Henry Munro.

Question 27

General Humbert

Answer 27

French soldier, a participant in the French Revolution, who led a failed invasion of Ireland to assist Irish rebels in 1798.

Question 28

Number killed as a result of the 1798 Rebellion

Answer 28

Between 10,000 to 30,000.

Question 29

Act of Union 1800

Answer 29

This meant Ireland was now ruled directly from London and was passed as a result of the 1798 Rebellion.

Question 30

Orange Order

Answer 30

Encouraged unity between Anglicans and Presbyterians against Catholics

Question 31

Wexford rebels were led by

Answer 31

Fr. John Murphy

Question 32

Consequences of the Rebellion

Answer 32

Growth in sectarianism (Orange Order), The Act of Union (abolished parliament in Dublin, Orish MPs went to Westminster and Ireland was ruled from there for the next 120 years), growth of republicanism (inspired Robert Emmet, the Young Irelanders, The Fenians and the 1916 leaders)