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The Irish Hearts of Steel Rebellion

Season 1 Episode 46

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