may 24, 1798 - The Irish Rebellion: The Irish Rebellion was an uprising due to the Society of United Irishmen who wanted to get rid of British control and establish a republican government. The rebellion wanted to create a country where people had liberty. The causes were inspiration from the American and French Revolution, need of representation for Irish people, religious discrimination of Catholics. The results were that this rebellion failed, Ireland was under stronger British control by the 1801 Act of Union
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