The Irish Revolutionary
Remembering Bartholomew The Irish Revolutionary was executed in Dublin on September 24th 1798.Born in 1774 in Lisburn Co Armagh, Teeling was educated at the Dubordieu School in Lisburn and later at Trinity College Dublin.Teeling joined the United Irishmen in 1796 and headed to France where he joined the French army in the hope of returning to Ireland with a French exhibition.Teeling returned to Ireland on 22nd August 1798, as Chief Aide de Camp to General Humbert, and landed at Killala Bay between County Sligo and Mayo with French troops ready to start a rebellion.After taking Castlebar the joint Franco/Irish force marched through Sligo but was blocked by British cannon above Union Rock near Collooney.At the battle of Collooney on September 5th 1798, he broke from the French ranks and...