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Start of 98 Rising in Ireland

May 24, 1798

Start of 98 Rising in Ireland

Ireland

Archibald Hamilton Jacob conducts the Enniscorthy Yeomen Cavalry to the village of Ballaghkeen where they flog a man to death

The rebels are defeated at Tara Hill; this marks the end of the rebellion in Co. Meath