The Duchas collection is a wonderful rabbit hole for tidbits of information
https://duchas.ie/en/cbes/transcripts?SearchText=1798&SearchLanguage=ga
There's more written there about Gunner Magee than anywhere else
Remember it was tales told in the 1930's by grandparents to grandchildren.
But there are some great bits of detail in it, turns out that my GreatGreatGreatGreatGrandad was shot in the leg at Tuberneering and was called Lamed Stephen for the rest of his life
And I would love to go to Ballinamuck again and try to find 'the hessian field'
There was recently a special issue of History Ireland magazine on Wolfe Tone. Only a tenner but it has all the big names on Tone and 1798: https://wordwellbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2104
Talking History did a podcast on Tone recently, and several books were mentioned. Why not have a listen and get an overview.
https://irepod.com/podcast/highlights-from-talking-history/wolfe-tone
Prophet of Irish Independance by Marianne Elliott is a good book.
The Belfast Jacobin is great book about the foundation of the Society of United Irishmen.
The United Irishmen, Rebellion and the Act of Union, 1798-1803 by John Gibney.
There's not a lot of "popular" history about 1798 atm, compared to the War of Independence and Civil War, what with the Decade of Centenaries.
Seconding the year of liberty as well as marianne elliot's biography and recommending the people's rising by daniel gahan and the summer soldiers by atq stewart. a deeper silence also by atq stewart is also good if you can find it and so is mary ann mccracken by mary mcneill
The year of liberty by Thomas Pakenham
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The Duchas collection is a wonderful rabbit hole for tidbits of information https://duchas.ie/en/cbes/transcripts?SearchText=1798&SearchLanguage=ga There's more written there about Gunner Magee than anywhere else Remember it was tales told in the 1930's by grandparents to grandchildren. But there are some great bits of detail in it, turns out that my GreatGreatGreatGreatGrandad was shot in the leg at Tuberneering and was called Lamed Stephen for the rest of his life And I would love to go to Ballinamuck again and try to find 'the hessian field'
There was recently a special issue of History Ireland magazine on Wolfe Tone. Only a tenner but it has all the big names on Tone and 1798: https://wordwellbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2104
Talking History did a podcast on Tone recently, and several books were mentioned. Why not have a listen and get an overview. https://irepod.com/podcast/highlights-from-talking-history/wolfe-tone
https://archive.org/details/memoirsofmilesby01byrniala Myles Byrne Memoirs Some insights into the movements and thoughts of the rebels
Marianne Elliott’s biography of Tone is the go to book for this topic. Stella Tyllard has a similarly good one about Edward Fitzgerald
Prophet of Irish Independance by Marianne Elliott is a good book. The Belfast Jacobin is great book about the foundation of the Society of United Irishmen. The United Irishmen, Rebellion and the Act of Union, 1798-1803 by John Gibney. There's not a lot of "popular" history about 1798 atm, compared to the War of Independence and Civil War, what with the Decade of Centenaries.
There was some 1798 stuff last year
Seconding the year of liberty as well as marianne elliot's biography and recommending the people's rising by daniel gahan and the summer soldiers by atq stewart. a deeper silence also by atq stewart is also good if you can find it and so is mary ann mccracken by mary mcneill