Loyalist Reaction
As the women were turning over the bodies on the Curragh, one by one, Duff was hailed as a hero in Dublin in consequence of reopening the lines of communications between Dublin and Limerick. The ultras were furious with Dundas. It was said that, Great blame for holding any parley with them has been laid to the general officers. So much so that it was said it would occasion a Parliamentary inquiry. The realities were much more discomforting; the conflict being undoubtedly lengthened with the dispersion of the rebels throughout and their loss of faith in government promises of protection.
Richard Griffith, whose actions had saved Clane on 24 May, wrote to Pelham in June. A mild critic of government policy he had realised that, From the first breaking out of the rebellion to this hour, I would have advised a continual attack on the rebels, instead of which we have suffered the scoundrels to feed upon the fat of the land. Castlereagh complained to Pelham how, In Kildare the rebellion has degenerated into a plundering banditti. They have left the gentlemen and rich farmers neither furniture or stock of any kind. Teeling called it a species of fugitive warfare Lecky a predatory guerilla war: whatever the description, the rebels had adopted a hit and run campaign consistent with their military capabilities in consequence of the terrain and their arms.
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History & Heritage
- History of Ireland
- 1798 An Overview of the Rebellion
- 1798 Glossary of Terms
- 1798 in Carlow
- 1798 Rebellion in Co. Kildare
- All That Delirium of the Brave
- Species of Fugitive Warfare
- Outbreak of Rebellion and the attack on Naas
- Original Government Bulletin
- Attacks on Prosperous and Clane
- First Few Days
- Rebel Tactics
- Captain John Doorly of Lullymore
- Military Recovery of Rathangan and Ballitore
- Surrender at Knockaulin
- Massacre at the Gibbet Rath
- Massacre or Battle - Gibbet Rath Analysis
- Loyalist Reaction
- Guerrilla Warfare
- North Kildare and the Battle of Ovidstown
- Surrender
- Aftermath and Conclusion
- Rebellion In Towns and Villages
- Mary Leadbeater: Annals of Ballitore
- All That Delirium of the Brave
- History of Ireland Feature
- Bianconi Festa 2011
- Bianconi Festa 2011
- County Histories
- Development of Public Library Service in Waterford
- First Local Authority Public Library in Ireland
- Galway Society in the Past
- Genealogical Resources available in Waterford
- Historic Film Clips Collection
- John Wesley in Dublin
- Pass of the Plumes
- The Flight of the Earls 1607
- The Ulster Plantation
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- Wexford Connections: The Redmond Family & National Politics
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- Big Houses of Ireland
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