Thomas Pakenham General Lazare Hoche the 28-year-old Painting ID:: 49366 new17/Thomas Pakenham-958526.jpg
General Lazare Hoche the 28-year-old mk197
Commander-in Chief of the 15000 French soldiers sent to Liberate Ireland in December 1796
Thomas Pakenham Most of the French armada sent to Bantry By Limped back in January 1797 to their bases in France Painting ID:: 49368 new17/Thomas Pakenham-824862.jpg
Most of the French armada sent to Bantry By Limped back in January 1797 to their bases in France mk197
one battleship,the Droits de I-homme with 600 troops under general Humbert.was intercepted off brest by two british frigates.
Thomas Pakenham William Pitt Painting ID:: 49369 new17/Thomas Pakenham-823677.jpg
William Pitt mk197
Britain-s war-weary Prime Minister
Ireland,he knew,was the weakest link in Britain-s line of defence against France
Thomas Pakenham George III,King of Britain and Ireland since 1760 Painting ID:: 49370 new17/Thomas Pakenham-234438.jpg
George III,King of Britain and Ireland since 1760 mk197
Humiliated by the loss of the American colonies,he had reluctantly agreed to Pitt-s Catholics.
Thomas Pakenham Lord Camdern Painting ID:: 49371 new17/Thomas Pakenham-782552.jpg
Lord Camdern mk197
the Irish Viceroy,high-minded and humane,but unterly demoralized by trying to govern Ireland.
Thomas Pakenham Edward Cooke,under-secretary at Dublin castle Painting ID:: 49372 new17/Thomas Pakenham-546434.jpg
Edward Cooke,under-secretary at Dublin castle mk197
More robust thn Camden,he tended to side with Camden-s anti Catholic advisers
Thomas Pakenham Lord Castlereagh Pitt-s 28-year-old Protege and acting chief secretary Painting ID:: 49373 new17/Thomas Pakenham-853259.jpg
Lord Castlereagh Pitt-s 28-year-old Protege and acting chief secretary mk197
Inexperienced as he was,he had to manage the wild Irish gentry who controlled the Dublin Parliament
Thomas Pakenham Lord Clare Painting ID:: 49374 new17/Thomas Pakenham-529339.jpg
Lord Clare mk197
the formidable Lord Chancellor and one of the leader of the informal cabinet
Thomas Pakenham The Irish House fo Commons addressed by Henry Grattan in 1780 during the campaign to force Britain to give Ireland free trade and legislative independ Painting ID:: 49375 new17/Thomas Pakenham-763523.jpg
The Irish House fo Commons addressed by Henry Grattan in 1780 during the campaign to force Britain to give Ireland free trade and legislative independ mk197
Grattan,and many of the MPs,are wearing Volunteer uniform to show they mean business.
Thomas Pakenham Henry Grattan Painting ID:: 49376 new17/Thomas Pakenham-756566.jpg
Henry Grattan mk197
once the darling of the Irish Parliament but now denounced as a covert United Irishman
Thomas Pakenham Charles James Fox,Leader of the Whig Opposition and Grattan-s most important ally in London Painting ID:: 49377 new17/Thomas Pakenham-274398.jpg
Charles James Fox,Leader of the Whig Opposition and Grattan-s most important ally in London mk197
But both men had now decide that it was a waste of breath to speak in their respective Parliaments
Thomas Pakenham Lord Edward Fitzgerald Painting ID:: 49378 new17/Thomas Pakenham-279374.jpg
Lord Edward Fitzgerald mk197
Younger brother of the great Kidare magnate,the Duke of Leinster, and first cousin of James Fox
Thomas Pakenham Arthur O-Connor,Lord Edward-s ally Painting ID:: 49379 new17/Thomas Pakenham-483472.jpg
Arthur O-Connor,Lord Edward-s ally mk197
who left for London-Perhaps bound for France
Thomas Pakenham John Sheares,radical barrister Painting ID:: 49380 new17/Thomas Pakenham-786439.jpg
John Sheares,radical barrister mk197
With his brother Henry he supposedly joined the new Executive after the arrest of most of the United Irish Leaders at Bond-s House.
Thomas Pakenham The Port of Brest Painting ID:: 49381 new17/Thomas Pakenham-432626.jpg
The Port of Brest mk197
the naval base from which the French sent their expeditions to invade Ireland.
Thomas Pakenham Napoleon Bonaparte during his victorious campaign in Italy Painting ID:: 49382 new17/Thomas Pakenham-359546.jpg
Napoleon Bonaparte during his victorious campaign in Italy mk197
After Hoche-s Sudden death in
1797
Thomas Pakenham Dublin Castle in the 1790s,seat fo the Viceroy and hub of Briish Power Painting ID:: 49383 new17/Thomas Pakenham-478463.jpg
Dublin Castle in the 1790s,seat fo the Viceroy and hub of Briish Power mk197
But it was a castle only in name and quite indefensible
Thomas Pakenham Dublin harbour with the domed Custom House in the background Painting ID:: 49384 new17/Thomas Pakenham-997765.jpg
Dublin harbour with the domed Custom House in the background mk197
On the eve of the rebellion Dublin-s Population was estimated at 200000,making Dublin the second city of the empire
Thomas Pakenham The Royal Exchange Painting ID:: 49385 new17/Thomas Pakenham-534558.jpg
The Royal Exchange mk197
Dublin in the 1790s
the centre of fashionable life.Despite the threat of rebellion,the city was wide open to attack ,and none of the bridges had
guard-posts
Thomas Pakenham General Lake Painting ID:: 49386 new17/Thomas Pakenham-482643.jpg
General Lake mk197
The heavy-handed English general who succeeded Abercromby as Irish commander-in-chief
Thomas Pakenham On 19 May,Lord Edward Fitzgerald Painting ID:: 49387 new17/Thomas Pakenham-723277.jpg
On 19 May,Lord Edward Fitzgerald mk197
the reputed commander in chief of the United Irish armies,Stabbed to death Captain Ryan who was sent t arrest him and was then shot and mortally wounded by Town Major Sirr
Thomas Pakenham Kildare rebels piking an old man Painting ID:: 49388 new17/Thomas Pakenham-358588.jpg
Kildare rebels piking an old man mk197
George Crawford,and his granddaughter,another scene from Cruikshank
Thomas Pakenham Loyalists awaiting attack by the rebels on a country house in Wicklow Painting ID:: 49389 new17/Thomas Pakenham-564785.jpg
Loyalists awaiting attack by the rebels on a country house in Wicklow mk197
A contemporary watercolour by an eye-witness,Caroline Hamilton,showing how ware is an odd mixture of terror and boredom
Thomas Pakenham United Irishmen in Training Painting ID:: 49390 new17/Thomas Pakenham-937822.jpg
United Irishmen in Training mk197
Gillray-s carica ture,Published in 1798
Thomas Pakenham United Irishmen upon Duty Painting ID:: 49391 new17/Thomas Pakenham-547633.jpg
United Irishmen upon Duty mk197
Another Gillray caricature of 1798
Thomas Pakenham Erin Go Brach Painting ID:: 49392 new17/Thomas Pakenham-495333.jpg
Erin Go Brach mk197
James Gillray-s caricature of an Irish rebel,often erroneously said to be Grattan
Thomas Pakenham Father Murphy, Painting ID:: 49393 new17/Thomas Pakenham-372264.jpg
Father Murphy, mk197
the United Irish leader in Wexford
showing his flock what he thought of heretic bullets
Thomas Pakenham Wexford rebels helping themselves at the table of the Bishop of Ferns Painting ID:: 49394 new17/Thomas Pakenham-439644.jpg
Wexford rebels helping themselves at the table of the Bishop of Ferns mk197
By Cruikshank
Thomas Pakenham Rebels dancing the Carmagnolle in a captured house by cruikshank Painting ID:: 49395 new17/Thomas Pakenham-694497.jpg
Rebels dancing the Carmagnolle in a captured house by cruikshank mk197