| 41. | His home became a center for seditious events that included radical convicts and the Society of United Irishmen.
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| 42. | Leading members of the United Irishmen were regular contributors and mixed direct political analyses with cutting political satire.
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| 43. | He was on the non-violent wing of the United Irishmen, along with Thomas Addis Emmet.
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| 44. | In 1899 he co-founded with Griffith the United Irishman newspaper and wrote many of its articles.
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| 45. | Captain Thunderbolt was a pseudonym often used by the United Irishmen around the time of the 1798 rising.
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| 46. | Another important benefactor to the building of the hall, was fellow future United Irishman, Gilbert McIlveen.
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| 47. | Trying to cross on June 25, the United Irishmen lost 12 of their party to British defences.
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| 48. | This movement culminated in the defeat of the United Irishmen in the 1798 Rebellion and the Act of Union.
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| 49. | The United Irishmen, a nationalist group led by Wolfe Tone, sparked the unsuccessful Irish rebellion of 1798.
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| 50. | The United Irishmen saw the Defenders as potential allies, and between 1794 and 1796 they formed a coalition.
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