United Irishmen and Wolfe Tone Flashcards
When and where was the first Society of United Irishmen founded?
14th October 1791
Belfast
(one in Dublin founded in the following month)
Name 2 demands that were outlined in the United Irishmen’s manifesto in 1794.
Ireland would be divided into 300 parliamentary constituencies equal in population.
Every man should have a vote.
(it was also understood that further Catholic emancipation would be needed)
Where did 14,000 men under the influence of Tone attempt to land to eliminate British occupation in 1796?
Bantry Bay (Southern Ireland)
What prevented any ships from landing in 1796?
Poor Weather
Roughly how many members of the United Irishmen were there in 1797?
200,000
When did Tone co-ordinate a new uprising attempting to achieve an independent state?
May 1798
Why did the 1798 uprising fail?
Very poorly co-ordinated Could not take Belfast or Dublin Strength of British forces Failure of immediate French support French support weak
Why did the French fail to immediately support the Irish in 1798?
France had targeted Egypt as their main overseas priority.
How can the 1798 uprising be viewed as significant?
Drew the country closer to Britain
Showed the British government that the Irish parliament wasn’t strong enoguh to rely on
What year was Wolfe Tone’s pamphlet ‘An argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland’ published?
1791
