Above: The Rebellion The government were kept well informed of the secret proceedings of the rebels and bided their tune till things were ripe for a swoop. They knew that the 23rd of May had been fixed as the day of rising. On the 12th of March 1798, major Swan, a magistrate, acting on the information of Thomas Reynolds, arrested Oliver Bond and fourteen other delegates assembled in committee in Bond's house in Bridgestreet, and seized all (heir papers. On the same day ... Read More