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Above : Picture Of Thomas Addis Emmet, Older Brother Of Robert Emmet In speaking of the Rebellion of 1798 mention has been made of Thomas Addis Emmet, one of the United Irishmen, who, arrested before the outbreak, escaped a capital sentence, and ended his days in exile. He had a younger brother, Robert, who in [...]

Above : Painting Of Robert Emmet Emmet felt that, after the Patrick Street explosion, he must act quickly if he were to act at all. The evening of Saturday, July 23rd, was fixed for the rising. About nine o’clock Emmet, with some of his trusty lieutenants and followed by about a hundred men, of whom [...]