United Irishmen

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The United Irishmen were a late 18th-century revolutionary society in Ireland that sought to unite Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters in establishing an independent, non-sectarian Irish republic.

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United Irishmen canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican organization
political organization
revolutionary society
alliedWith French First Republic
surface form: French Revolutionary government
associatedEvent 1798 uprising in Leinster
1798 uprising in Ulster
Irish Rebellion of 1798
country Ireland
dissolvedIn early 19th century
foundedAt Belfast
Dublin
foundedIn 1791
late 18th century
founder Henry Joy McCracken
Samuel Neilson
Theobald Wolfe Tone
Thomas Russell
William Drennan
goal create a non-sectarian political order
end British rule in Ireland
establish an independent Irish republic
unite Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters
headquartersLocation Belfast
Dublin
ideology Irish republicanism
liberalism
radicalism
republicanism
secularism
inspiredBy American Revolutionary era
surface form: American Revolution

French Revolution
language English
legacy influenced later Irish republican movements
inspired Fenian movement
inspired Young Ireland movement
legalStatus banned organization
motto Equality
Fraternity
Liberty
notableMember Roger O'Connor
surface form: Arthur O’Connor

James Napper Tandy
Lord Edward FitzGerald
Robert Emmet
opposedTo British monarchy
Protestant Ascendancy
sectarian division in Ireland
organized Irish Rebellion of 1798
politicalProgram Catholic emancipation
abolition of rotten boroughs
parliamentary reform
representative national legislature
universal male suffrage
region Leinster
Ulster
religiousPolicy non-sectarianism
religious equality
supportedBy French First Republic
suppressedBy Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
surface form: British government

Irish executive under British rule

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Irish Rebellion of 1798 participant United Irishmen
Green harp flag associatedWith United Irishmen
subject surface form: Green Harp Flag
Protestant Ascendancy opposedBy United Irishmen
Irish Rebellion of 1803 hasParticipant United Irishmen
French landing at Killala supported United Irishmen
Theobald Wolfe Tone movement United Irishmen
Battle of New Ross belligerent United Irishmen
Battle of Vinegar Hill belligerent United Irishmen
Bagenal Harvey politicalAlignment United Irishmen
Joseph Holt movement United Irishmen