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1603-90 |
English law was extended over the whole of the island of Ireland for the first time. |
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1791 |
The Society of United Irishmen was formed with the objective of establishing an
Irish republic. Women of the era played an important part during the uprising
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1798
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(Ireland) Armed Irish uprising against
British rule.
(Australia)
About this time Samuel Marsden, chief Anglicam clergyman
in New South Wales became known as the "flogging parson" for his draconian treatment
of prisoners in Toongabbie. He ordered hundreds of lashes be dealt to prisoners suspected
of Irish conspiracy against the system'. His hatred for Irish Catholics knew no
bounds, spilling into his sermons and ranting memos to church superiors in London |
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1803 |
(Ireland) Armed Irish uprising against
British rule |
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1804 |
(Australia)
Battle of Vinegar Hill,
Castle Hill- Toongabbie
An ill fated uprising of Irish convicts against the NSW
Corps
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1815 to 1840 |
The Irish country side was in a state of more or less civil war against the British.
At least 1200 land and tithe (tax) prisoners were sent to New South Wales.
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1831 |
(Ireland)
"The Irish Tithe War" Irish Catholics were forced by law to pay tithes to
the Church of Ireland (Anglican) and finally resisted the unfair tax.
(Australia)
English oppression and Irish resistance did not disappear
in Australia. It survived most tenaciously as one of the primary images of working
class culture The Irish stuck to one another. They were clannish and had long memories:
" much hatred, little room."
They always felt they were being punished, not for their
crimes, but for being Irish.
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1848 |
(Ireland) Young Ireland
uprising |
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1854 |
(Australia) Eureke Stockade
rebellion in Ballarat Victoria. About half were Irishmen,
who identified the struggle against Britain with the miners' quarrel.
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1858 |
(Ireland)
The Irish Republican
Brotherhood established itself. Often referred to as Fenians, the group
formed to separate from England by force of arms. They were motivated by the shocking
cruelty inflicted on the Irish people during the Potato Famine. Their motto "Sooner
or never". |
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1867
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(Ireland) The Fenian uprising. |
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Hughes, Robert, The Fatal Shore Pub:Guild London
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