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The Battle of Antrim was fought on 7 June 1798, in County Antrim, Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 between British troops and Irish insurgents led by Henry Joy McCracken.[1]

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  1. 35 relations: Antrim Castle, Antrim, County Antrim, Artillery, Ballymena, Ballynahinch, County Down, Belfast, British Army, County Antrim, County Down, Defenders (Ireland), Donegore, French Revolution, Grassroots, Henry Joy McCracken, Insurgency, Irish Rebellion of 1798, James Dickey (United Irishmen), James Hope (Ireland), John O'Neill, 1st Viscount O'Neill, Kingdom of Ireland, Larne, Leinster, Lisburn, Magistrate, Militia, Monaghan, Pike (weapon), Portaferry, Presbyterianism, Randalstown, River Bann, Society of United Irishmen, Ulster, William Lumley, Yeoman.

  2. 18th century in County Antrim
  3. Battles of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
  4. Military history of County Antrim

Antrim Castle

Antrim Castle or Massereene Castle was a fortified mansion in Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the banks of the Sixmilewater River.

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Antrim, County Antrim

Antrim (Aontroim, meaning 'lone ridge') is a town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Ballymena

Ballymena (from an Baile Meánach, meaning 'the middle townland') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Ballynahinch, County Down

Ballynahinch is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Belfast

Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.

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County Down

County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland.

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Defenders (Ireland)

The Defenders were a Catholic agrarian secret society in 18th-century Ireland, founded in County Armagh.

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Donegore

Donegore (historically Dunogcurra) is the name of a hill, a townland, a small cluster of residences, and a civil parish in the historic barony of Antrim Upper, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement.

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Henry Joy McCracken

Henry Joy McCracken (31 August 1767 – 17 July 1798) was an Irish republican executed in Belfast for his part in leading United Irishmen in the Rebellion of 1798.

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Insurgency

An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Hurries, 1798 Rebellion) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland.

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James Dickey (United Irishmen)

James Dickey (1775/1776 – 26 June 1798) was a young barrister from a Presbyterian family in Crumlin in the north of Ireland who was active in the Society of the United Irishmen and was hanged with Henry Joy McCracken for leading rebels at the Battle of Antrim.

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James Hope (Ireland)

James "Jemmy" Hope (25 August 1764 – 10 February 1847) was a radical democrat in Ireland who organised among tenant farmers, tradesmen and labourers for the Society of the United Irishmen.

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John O'Neill, 1st Viscount O'Neill

John O'Neill, 1st Viscount O'Neill PC (16 January 1740 – 18 June 1798) was an Irish politician.

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Kingdom of Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland (Ríoghacht Éireann; Ríocht na hÉireann) was a dependent territory of England and then of Great Britain from 1542 to the end of 1800.

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Larne

Larne (the name of a Gaelic territory).

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Leinster

Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.

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Lisburn

Lisburn is a city in Northern Ireland.

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Magistrate

The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Monaghan

Monaghan is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland.

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Pike (weapon)

A pike is a long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages and most of the early modern period, and wielded by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayonet-equipped muskets.

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Portaferry

Portaferry is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.

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Randalstown

Randalstown is a townland and small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Antrim and Toome.

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River Bann

The River Bann (from An Bhanna, meaning "the goddess"; Ulster-Scots: Bann Wattèr) is the longest river in Northern Ireland, its length, Upper and Lower Bann combined, being 129 km (80 mi).

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Society of United Irishmen

The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association, formed in the wake of the French Revolution, to secure representative government in Ireland.

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Ulster

Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh; Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces.

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William Lumley

General Sir William Lumley, (28 August 1769 – 15 December 1850) was a British Army officer and courtier during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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Yeoman

Yeoman is a noun originally referring either to one who owns and cultivates land or to the middle ranks of servants in an English royal or noble household.

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See also

18th century in County Antrim

Battles of the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Military history of County Antrim

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antrim