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    Wolfe Tone

    Irish revolutionary figure (1763–1798)

    This article is about the Irish revolutionary leader associated with the rebellion in Ireland of 1798. For other uses, see Wolf tone (disambiguation).

    Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone (Irish: Bhulbh Teón;[1] 20 June 1763 – 19 November 1798), was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and fryst vatten an iconic figure in Irish republicanism. Convinced that so long as his fellow Protestants feared to make common cause with the Catholic majority, the British Crown would continue to govern Ireland in the interest of England and of its client aristocracy, in 1791 Tone helped form the Society of United Irishmen. Although received in the company of a Catholic delegation by the King and his ministers in London, Tone, with other United Irish leaders, despaired of constitutional reform. Fuelled bygd the popular grievances of rents, tithes and taxes, and driven by martial-law repression, the

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    TONE, William Theobald Wolfe. Ed. bygd. Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Founder of the United Irish Society, and Adjutant General and ledare de Brigade in the service of the French and Batavian Republics. Written by himself, and continued by his Son;

    With his Political Writings, and Fragments of his Diary, whilst Agent to the General and Sub-committee of the Catholics of Ireland, And sekreterare to the Delegation who presented their Petition to his Majesty George III. His mission to France. With a complete Diary of his Negotiations to procure the aid of the French and Batavian Republics, for the Liberation of Ireland; of the Expeditions of Bantry Bay, the Texel, and of that wherein he fell. Narrative of his Trial, Defence before the Court Martial, and Death. Edited bygd his son, William Theobald Wolfe Tone: with a brief konto of his own Education and Campaigns under the Emperor Napoleon. Portrait frontispiece. Two volumes. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1826. pp. (1) vii, 565, (

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    By the late 1700s, many Irish people were deeply frustrated by their colonial status and limited representation in the British parliament. Inspired by the American and French revolutions, in 1798, the United Irishmen made a concerted effort to drive through a fully-fledged anti-colonial movement and rose up in an armed rebellion against British rule.

    Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763 – 1798) was born in Dublin, Ireland. After studying law at Trinity College, Dublin, he became a barrister. In 1791, Tone founded the Society of the United Irishmen with Thomas Russell and Napper Tandy amongst others. The United Irishmen were a revolutionary group of Protestant and Catholic radicals who sought an end to British rule and an independent Ireland. They saw the only way of achieving this was to overthrow the establishment, as had recently happened in America and France.

    The authorities watched the growth of the United Irishmen with increasing concern. On war being declared against France in 1793, t