Irish Rebellion of 1798

The 1798 Rebellion was a watershed moment in Irish history, led by the United Irishmen seeking to unite all Irish people—Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters—against British rule. Inspired by revolutionary ideals, it marked a fierce but ultimately tragic struggle for liberty and equality.

Irish Rebellion of 1798

Main Photo: The memorial to Edmond Power in Dungarvan Town Park. (Edward Brenan)

1798 Rebellion And Waterford

Information on the 1798 rebellion by the United Irishmen in Waterford, who the conspirators were, extracts from trial transcripts, details of the Waterford Militias organisation, songs about the rebellion etc.

Power, Edmond (d. 1799)

Irish Patriot, Edmond was arrested in September 1799 and taken to Waterford where he was courtmartialled in October of that year and sentenced to be hanged. A monument in the form of a celtic cross by Molloy of Callen was erected to his memory in the Park. (This is the only 1798 memorial in Co. Waterford).

Hearn, Francis (d. 1799)

He was influenced to get involved with the United Irishmen as a result of reading French pamphlets on liberty while he was in Louvain. He was sentenced to death in October 1799 and was brought to the Old Waterford Bridge where he was hanged.