Irish rebellion of 1803 | |||||||
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Flag raised by Robert Emmet | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Irishmen | United Kingdom | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Robert Emmet Myles Byrne James Hope William McCabe Thomas Russell |
William Wickham Henry Edward Fox Viscount Kilwarden † | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
50 killed 23 executed | 20 killed | ||||||
Several civilians killed, including Viscount Kilwarden |
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Irish republicanism |
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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.