Special Tours | The Republic in the City
The United Irishmen and the 1798 rebellion
In November 1791 a Dublin Society of United Irishmen was founded with the twin aims of the abolition of religious discrimination and the parliamentary reform. Opposed by the governing Protestant Ascendency elite, anxious to maintain its privelage and power, the United Irishmen soon embraced a revolutionary and republican programme 'to break the connection with England' and to unite 'Protestant, Catholic, and Dissenter'-Theobald Wolfe Tone.
This tour will also examine the rank-and-file United Irish organisation in the city. Certain hotbeds will be highlighted such as Trinity College (Robert Emmett was expelled in 1798) and the Liberties, as well as the centres of government power such as Dublin Castle (as seen in the Gallery Page) and the Old Parliament building (now the Bank of Ireland).
|
For information, group bookings & special tours contact us at:
E: tours@historicalinsights.ie
T: +353 87 688 9412
T: +353 87 830 3523
|
