United Irishmen

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The United Irishmen were a late 18th-century revolutionary society in Ireland that sought to unite Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters in establishing an independent, non-sectarian Irish republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
revolutionary society ⓘ
alliedWith French Revolutionary government ⓘ
associatedEvent 1798 uprising in Leinster ⓘ
1798 uprising in Ulster ⓘ
Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dissolvedIn early 19th century ⓘ
foundedAt Belfast ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ
foundedIn 1791 ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
founder Henry Joy McCracken ⓘ
Samuel Neilson ⓘ
Theobald Wolfe Tone ⓘ
Thomas Russell ⓘ
William Drennan ⓘ
goal create a non-sectarian political order ⓘ
end British rule in Ireland ⓘ
establish an independent Irish republic ⓘ
unite Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters ⓘ
headquartersLocation Belfast ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ
ideology Irish republicanism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
radicalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
inspiredBy American Revolution ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy influenced later Irish republican movements ⓘ
inspired Fenian movement ⓘ
inspired Young Ireland movement ⓘ
legalStatus banned organization ⓘ
motto Equality ⓘ
Fraternity ⓘ
Liberty ⓘ
notableMember Arthur O’Connor ⓘ
linked to: Roger O'Connor

James Napper Tandy ⓘ
Lord Edward FitzGerald ⓘ
Robert Emmet ⓘ
opposedTo British monarchy ⓘ
Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
sectarian division in Ireland ⓘ
organized Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
politicalProgram Catholic emancipation ⓘ
abolition of rotten boroughs ⓘ
parliamentary reform ⓘ
representative national legislature ⓘ
universal male suffrage ⓘ
region Leinster ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
religiousPolicy non-sectarianism ⓘ
religious equality ⓘ
supportedBy French First Republic ⓘ
suppressedBy British government ⓘ
Irish executive under British rule ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Rebellion of 1798 → participant → United Irishmen ⓘ
Green Harp Flag → associatedWith → United Irishmen ⓘ
subject linked to: Green harp flag
Protestant Ascendancy → opposedBy → United Irishmen ⓘ
Irish Rebellion of 1803 → hasParticipant → United Irishmen ⓘ
French landing at Killala → supported → United Irishmen ⓘ
Theobald Wolfe Tone → movement → United Irishmen ⓘ
Battle of New Ross → belligerent → United Irishmen ⓘ
Battle of Vinegar Hill → belligerent → United Irishmen ⓘ
Bagenal Harvey → politicalAlignment → United Irishmen ⓘ
Joseph Holt → movement → United Irishmen ⓘ
Irish Patriot Party → influenced → United Irishmen ⓘ
Vinegar Hill → occupantDuring1798 → United Irishmen ⓘ
Battle of Oulart Hill → belligerent → United Irishmen ⓘ
Michael Dwyer → movement → United Irishmen ⓘ
Battle of Enniscorthy → belligerent → United Irishmen ⓘ
Battle of Killala → opponent → United Irishmen ⓘ
Battle of Ballina (1798) → combatant → United Irishmen ⓘ
Theobald Wolfe Tone → movement → United Irishmen ⓘ
subject linked to: Tone
Provost's Prison, Dublin → associatedWith → United Irishmen ⓘ
Clan na Gael → hasAlternativeName → United Irishmen of America ⓘ
linked to: United Irishmen
Battle of Arklow → belligerent → United Irishmen ⓘ
Wexford Rebellion → insurgentForce → United Irishmen ⓘ
Wicklow guerrilla campaign → hasCombatant → United Irishmen remnants ⓘ
linked to: United Irishmen
British Army in Ireland → opposedBy → United Irishmen ⓘ