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Young Irelander Rebellion | |||||||
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Part of the Revolutions of 1848 | |||||||
![]() Daguerreotype of Young Irelanders Thomas Francis Meagher and William Smith O'Brien (centre) in Kilmainham Gaol after the rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
William Smith O'Brien |
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Strength | |||||||
unknown | 47, unknown number of reinforcements arrived later | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed:
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Location within Ireland |
The Young Irelander Rebellion was a failed Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848 that affected most of Europe. It took place on 29 July 1848 at Farranrory, a small settlement about 4.3 km north-northeast of the village of Ballingarry, South Tipperary. After being chased by a force of Young Irelanders and their supporters, an Irish Constabulary unit took refuge in a house and held those inside as hostages. A several-hour gunfight followed, but the rebels fled after a large group of police reinforcements arrived.
It is sometimes called the Famine Rebellion (because it took place as a result of the Great Irish Famine), the Battle of Ballingarry or the Battle of Widow McCormack’s Cabbage Patch.
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