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Irish Rebellion

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United Irishmen   a group who wanted to win Ireland's independence from Britain  
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Protestant Ascendancy   small group of Church of Ireland members that controlled Ireland  
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Penal Laws   laws that punished Catholics and Presbyterians who refused to join the Church of Ireland  
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Catholic Emancipation   the demand that Catholics should be freed from the Penal Laws  
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Act of Union, 1801   the decision to get rid of the Irish Parliament in Dublin.  
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Wolfe Tone   regarded as the Father of Irish Republicanism  
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Bantry Bay   French fleet attempt to land here but failed due to bad weather  
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Pitch-capping   one of the tactics employed by forces loyal to the crown  
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Wexford   Father John Murphy and Bagenal Harvey defeated yeomanry and militia.  
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Vinegar Hill   rebels were eventually defeated in a major battle here.  
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