Battle of Vinegar Hill

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The Battle of Vinegar Hill was a major 1798 clash in County Wexford where British forces decisively defeated United Irish rebels, effectively crushing the main organized resistance during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

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Battle of Vinegar Hill canonical 15
Battle of Vinegar Hill (1798) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
aftermath end of large-scale organized resistance in County Wexford ⓘ
intensified repression of rebels in Ireland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Vinegar Hill (1798) ⓘ
associatedWith British rule in Ireland ⓘ
United Irishmen movement ⓘ
belligerent British forces ⓘ
Crown forces ⓘ
United Irishmen ⓘ
cause Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
United Irish uprising against British rule ⓘ
combatantStrength approximately 13,000 rebels ⓘ
approximately 20,000 government troops ⓘ
commander Anthony Perry ⓘ
Father John Murphy ⓘ
Gerard Lake ⓘ
Matthew Keogh ⓘ
conflict Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
date 1798-06-21 ⓘ
followedBy mopping-up operations against remaining rebels ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy rebel casualties ⓘ
significant but lower government casualties ⓘ
hasParticipant British regular troops ⓘ
Irish Catholic rebels ⓘ
Irish Protestant rebels ⓘ
militia and yeomanry units ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
location County Wexford ⓘ
Vinegar Hill ⓘ
militaryTheater Irish mainland ⓘ
near Enniscorthy ⓘ
notableFeature fought on a hill overlooking Enniscorthy ⓘ
opponent British Army ⓘ
United Irish rebels ⓘ
outcome collapse of major rebel stronghold in County Wexford ⓘ
dispersal of United Irish rebel forces ⓘ
partOf Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
precededBy earlier rebel victories in County Wexford ⓘ
region Leinster ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
decisive government victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance crushed main organized rebel resistance in Wexford ⓘ
turning point in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ
tactic artillery bombardment of rebel positions ⓘ
encirclement of rebel position by British forces ⓘ
year 1798 ⓘ

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

Irish Rebellion of 1798 → hasPart → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Father John Murphy → notableBattle → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Battle of New Ross → followedBy → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Battle of Vinegar Hill → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Vinegar Hill (1798) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill → knownFor → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Enniscorthy → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Requiem for the Croppies → depicts → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Battle of Oulart Hill → followedBy → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Battle of Enniscorthy → followedBy → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Anthony Perry → participatedIn → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Anthony Perry → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Battle of Ballynahinch → relatedEvent → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Battle of Arklow → followedBy → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Wexford Rebellion → mainBattle → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
Gerard Lake → notableBattle → Battle of Vinegar Hill ⓘ
subject linked to: General Gerard Lake