Mar 07 2024 12 mins
The poor Irish farmers of Northern Ireland rose in armed rebellion in 1770 after their British landlords evicted thousands of them from their homes.
Sources:
A History of Ireland by Jonathan Barden
Lord Donegall and the Hearts of Steel by W.A. Maguire from Cambridge's Irish Historical Studies
The Battle of Gilford by D E McElroy from the Craigavon Historical Society