From the time of the 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion, Irish-Americans supported Irish freedom. Throughout the 19th century, that support took many forms, from the donation of funds to the Irish ...

Michael and Karl Sullivan from Newfoundland and Eamon Kehoe. FCA pipe band. Photo: Mary Browne Stella Laffan laying a wreath. Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was among the speakers at a poignant ...

Back in Ireland, the Irish rebellion was looking strikingly like the American Revolution. 1798 would be the bloodiest year in Irish history. An organization known as the Society of United Irishmen ...

Wolfe Tone and others campaigned for this to change and in 1793 Catholic men were granted the vote by the Irish Parliament ... huge disadvantages, the 1798 rebellion went ahead.

Fr Sean Devereux and Rev Ivan Dungan. FCA pipe band. Maura and Barbara Murray lay a wreath. A special 1798 memorial event saw 500 plus people travel to historic Lacken Hill on Sunday, June 18.