Shaking America
A podcast about stories in history that shook up the United States.
Shaking America
The Irish Hearts of Steel Rebellion
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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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