The Act of Union and Its Consequences

Armed Peasants Robert Emmet Parliament House in 1790 George III

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The Act Of Union
Robert Emmet
Rural Unrest
Other Resources on the Union and Its Consequences

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The Act of Union

The Act of Union Wikipedia
The Act of Union Web of English History
The Act of Union The Laws of Nature and Nature's God
Act of Union Irish Society
The Union Cork University
Britain and Ireland 1789 - 1801 Victorian Web
The Act of Union Virtual Library Queen's University Belfast
The Union Triskelle
The Union from 'A Concise History of Ireland' Library Ireland
1778 up to the Act of Union History World
Emancipation Refused BBC
The Act of Union Law Library
Politics and Administration in Ireland, 1170 - 1815 Cork University
Abolition of the Irish Parliament Wikipedia

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Robert Emmet

Robert Emmet Ireland Information
Robert Emmet: Revising Reputations Irish Democrat
Robert Emmet: Enigmatic Revolutionary Irish Democrat
Now is your time for liberty! BBC
Robert Emmet site robertemmet.org
Robert Emmet's speech from the dock robertemmet.org
Execution of Robert Emmet Counterpunch
Robert Emmet: Executed for High Treason Ex-Classics
Irish historical mysteries: the grave of Robert Emmet Sean J Murphy
Dublin Castle History: 1798 and Robert Emmet Dublin Castle website

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Rural Unrest

Agrarian Rebels, Secret Societies and Defenders, 1761-1791 ~faggan
The Rise of the Defenders, 1793-5 ~faggan
Rural unrest in northern Tipperary 1750 to 1850 Grant Online
Ribbonmen and Freemasons (part of discussion) Slugger O-Toole
Times article on Ribbandism from 1840 Ireland Old News
Whiteboys sentenced to death, 1822 National Library of Scotland

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Other Resources

General

Ireland circa 1800 rootsweb
Ireland 1800 - 1877

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Prominent Individuals



George III Britain Express
George III British Royalty website
William Pitt British PM's website
William Pitt (the Younger) BBC
William Pitt the Younger (including timeline) History Home
Henry Cooke (Evangelical Presbyterian leader) Victorian Web

Politics

Patriotism Cork University
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland Wikipedia
Irish Nationalism Wikipedia
Catholic Emancipation Wikipedia
A Brief History of the Orange Order larkspirit
Act Establishing the Coronation Oath, 1689
Noel S McFerran (worldfreeinternet)

Agriculture



Middlemen History of the Irish Parliament
Agriculture in Pre-Famine Ireland
Des Keenan

Poverty



Labour in Irish History Marxist.net (James Connolly)
Conditions in Ireland c 1815 Encouraging Emigration ~culbert at rootsweb
Emergency Relief During Europe's Famine of 1817
Friedman School of Nutrition Science

British Views of the Irish



19th Century Ireland and the Cartoonists Political Cartoon
Book review of 'The Eternal Paddy: Irish Identity and the British Press'
Institute of Historical Research
Irish Recollections 1818 - 1824 (written by an English evangelist) John Reilly

The Parliament House



College Green Wikipedia
The Parliament House Cork University

Localities

News from Tyrone in 1815 Ireland Old News
Ulster Cruithni
Belfast Geography in Action
Cork 1700 - 1900 Cork Past and Present


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