History of the Irish Insurrection of 1798: Giving an Authentic Account (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Hay, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440080135 ISBN 13 : 9781440080135

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

I would not obtrude myself on public attention were I not earnestly solicited by numerous and respectable friends (who have at length prevailed) to give a genuine account of the transactions in the county of Wexford, during the insurrection, in the year 1798 ; in order to counteract the baleful effects of the partial details and hateful misrepresentations, which have contributed so much to revive and continue those loathsome prejudices that have, for centuries, disturbed and distracted Ireland. It is conceived, that a fair and impartial account, by dissipating error, may operate as a balm to heal the wounds of animosity ; for let the candid reader be of what political principles he may, I am confident he must be sensible, that no adherent of either of the contending parties in this unhappy country, can in justification feel himself authorized to assert, that his own party was perfectly in the right, and the other egre-giously in the wrong; and yet th

Table of Contents

Introduction, 7; Geographical description of the county of Wexford,---- 51; Institution of the Volunteers of Ireland, 62; Meeting of the county on the 22d of September, 1702, 07; - on the 11th of January, 1793, C9; Riots in the year 1793, 70; Meeting of the county on the 23d of March, 1795, on the; recall of Earl Fitzwilliam, 80; Loss of the former independence of the county of Wexford, 83; Melancholy effects produced by the riots in the county; of Armagh, in 1795, 88; Causes of the present state of Ireland, 91; Conduct of the troops in Ireland censured by Sir Ralph; Abercromby, commander-in-chief, 97; Proclamation of sixteen parishes in the county of Wexford, 28th of November, 1797, 100; Conduct of the North Cork railitia on their arrival in the; county of Wexford,- 105; The whole of the county of Wexford proclaimed on tho; 27th of April, 1798 110; Meeting of the magistrates of the county, 23d of May, 121; Sudden insurrection on the 27th of May

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440080135
• ISBN 13: 9781440080135
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 436
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible