Irish rebellion of 1803

Irish rebellion of 1803

Flag raised by Robert Emmet
Date23 July 1803
Location
Result Rebellion suppressed
Belligerents
United Irishmen United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Robert Emmet Executed
Myles Byrne
James Hope
William McCabe
Thomas Russell Executed
William Wickham
Henry Edward Fox
Viscount Kilwarden 
Casualties and losses
50 killed
23 executed
20 killed
Several civilians killed, including Viscount Kilwarden

The Irish rebellion of 1803 was an attempt by Irish republicans to seize the seat of the British government in Ireland, Dublin Castle, and trigger a nationwide insurrection. Renewing the struggle of 1798, they were organised under a reconstituted United Irish directorate. Hopes of French aid, of a diversionary rising by radical militants in England, and of Presbyterians in the north-east rallying once more to the cause of a republic were disappointed. The rising in Dublin misfired, and after a series of street skirmishes, the rebels dispersed. Their principal leader, Robert Emmet, was executed; others went into exile.


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