THE ARTILLERY IN THE REBELLION OF 1798. 
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during this trying period, two points not yet noticed should be en- 
phasized. One is that, when, at the outbreak of the rebellion, almost 
all the troops in Ireland were honeycombed with disaffection and 
sedition, no man of the Royal Irish Artillery, though exposed to very 
great temptation, ever wavered in his allegiance. The second is that, 
while many horrible and deplorable atrocities were committed on both 
sides during the course of the insurrection, neither the records of the 
time nor even the imaginative traditions of the peasantry have ever 
charged the Royal Artillery or the Royal Irish Artillery with the com¬ 
mission of a single act calculated to cast a slur on the record of the 
glorious regiment which now includes them both. 
LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE REBELLION. 
1798. 
Outbreak of the rebellion . 
23rd May. 
Rebel attack on Naas . 
24th „ 
Defeat of the rebels at Tara 
26th „ 
Rebel victory at Onlart Hill, Wexford. 
27th „ 
Rebels take Enniscorthy. 
28th „ 
Surprise of the artillery at Forth Mountain . 
29th „ 
Drawn battle at Forth Mountain. Wexford abandoned 
and afterwards occupied by the rebels ... . 
30th „ 
Rebels defeated at Gorey. 
1st June. 
Rebel attempt on Newtown Barry . 
2nd „ 
Defeat of Walpole at Tubberneering. Rebels take Gorey 
4th „ 
Defeat of the rebels at Ross . 
5th „ 
Northern rebels defeated at Antrim . 
7th „ 
Northern rebels defeated at Saintfield . 
9th „ 
Rebel attack on Arklow . 
9th „ 
Northern rebels defeated at Ballinahinch . 
13th „ 
Defeat of the rebels at Longridge, Wexford . 
19th „ 
Defeat of the rebels at Vinegar Hill . 
21st ,, 
Surrender of Wexford . 
22nd „ 
Rebel defeat at Ballygullen; end of the Wexford rising 
4th July. 
Landing of Humbert. French take Killala . 
22nd August. 
French victory at Castlebar . 
27th „ 
Humbert abandons Castlebar. 
4th September. 
Surrender of Humbert at Ballinamuck . 
8th „ 
Capture of Killala ; end of the rebellion.. 
23rd „ 
