A number of monuments and memorials dedicated to the Irish Rebellion of 1798 exist in Ireland and in other countries. Some of the monuments are in remembrance of specific battles or figures, whilst others are general war memorials. [1]
Image | Monument/Memorial | City/Town | County | Subject | Ref |
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Aughrim Bridge 1798 Memorial | Aughrim | Co. Wicklow | Aughrim Bridge | [2] | |
Arklow 1798 Memorial | Arklow | Co. Wicklow | Battle of Arklow | [3] | |
Michael Murphy Memorial | Arklow | Co. Wicklow | Michael Murphy | [4] | |
Ballinakill 1798 Memorial | Ballinakill | Co. Laois | Local veterans | [5] | |
Ballinamuck 1798 Garden of Remembrance | Ballinamuck | Co. Longford | Battle of Ballinamuck | [6] | |
Ballinamuck 1798 Memorial | Ballinamuck | Co. Longford | Battle of Ballinamuck | [6] | |
1798 Memorial | Ballindaggin | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [7] | |
Teresa Malone Memorial | Ballinkillin | Co. Carlow | Heroine of the ballad 'The Battle of Kilgumney' | [8] | |
Ballycumber 1798 Memorial | Ballycumber | Co. Offaly | Local veterans | [9] | |
Dwyer and MacAllister Memorial | Baltinglass | Co. Wicklow | Michael Dwyer and Sam McAllister | [10] | |
1798 Memorial | Bray | Co. Wicklow | General war memorial | [11] | |
Bunclody 1798 Memorial | Bunclody | Co. Wexford | Battle of Bunclody | [12] | |
Bunclody 1798 Bicentenary Memorial | Bunclody | Co. Wexford | Battle of Bunclody | [13] | |
Hurley Memorial | Buttevant | Co. Cork | David Hurley | [14] | |
Camolin 1798 Memorial | Camolin | Co. Wexford | Local veterans | [15] | |
1798 Memorial | Castlebridge | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [16] | |
Kearns Memorial | Castlecomer | Co. Kilkenny | The Battle of Castlecomer | [17] | |
Charleville Memorial | Charleville | Co. Cork | Local veterans | [18] | |
Clane 1798 Memorial | Clane | Co. Kildare | Battle of Coiseanna Hill | [19] | |
Clonakilty 1798 Memorial | Clonakilty | Co. Cork | Local veterans | [20] | |
Battle of Big Cross Memorial | Clonakilty | Co. Cork | Battle of the Big Cross | [21] | |
Clonegal 1798 Memorial | Clonegal | Co. Carlow | Local veterans | [22] | |
1798 Memorial | Castlebar | Co. Mayo | General war memorial | [23] | |
1798 Memorial | Clonmel | Co. Tipperary | General war memorial | [24] | |
1799 Memorial | Cloyne | Co. Cork | General war memorial | [25] | |
National Monument | Cork | Co. Cork | General war memorial | [26] | |
Culmullen 1798 Memorial | Culmullen | Co. Meath | Local veterans | [27] | |
1798 Memorial | Curragha | Co. Meath | Local veterans | [28] | |
French 1796 Invasion Memorial | Bantry | Co. Cork | French expedition to Ireland (1796) | [29] | |
Croppies' Acre Memorial Park | Dublin | Co. Dublin | General war memorial | [30] | |
Garden of Remembrance | Dublin | Co. Dublin | General war memorial | [31] | |
Wolfe Tone Memorial | Dublin | Co. Dublin | Theobald Wolfe Tone | [32] | |
Four Courts 1798 Memorial | Dublin | Co. Dublin | General war memorial | [33] | |
Newgate Prison 1798 Memorial | Dublin | Co. Dublin | General war memorial | [34] | |
1798 Memorial | Dunboyne | Co. Meath | General war memorial | [ citation needed ] | |
1798 Memorial, Dundalk | Dundalk | Co. Louth | Local veterans | [35] | |
Dungarvan 1798 Memorial | Dungarvin | Co. Waterford | Local veterans | [36] | |
Dunlavin 1798 Memorial | Dunlavin | Co. Wicklow | Local veterans | [37] | |
Croppy Memorial | Dunshaughlin | Co. Meath | Dunlavin Green executions | [38] | |
1798 Memorial | Enniscorthy | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [39] | |
Vinegar Hill Memorial | Enniscorthy | Co. Wexford | Battle of Vinegar Hill | [40] | |
Barker Memorial | Enniscorthy | Co. Wexford | Captain William Barker | [41] | |
Fr. John Murphy Memorial | Ferns | Co. Wexford | John Murphy | [42] | |
1798 Memorial | Killala | Co. Mayo | Battle of Killala | [43] | |
Geneva Barracks Memorial | Passage East | Co. Waterford | General war memorial | [44] | |
1798 Memorial | Gorey | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [45] | |
Gorey Market House 1798 Memorial | Gorey | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [46] | |
FitzGerald Memorial | Gort | Co. Galway | Lord Edward FitzGerald | [47] | |
1798 Memorial | Glenmalure | Co. Wicklow | Local veterans | [48] | |
Tara 1798 Memorial | Hill of Tara | Co. Meath | Croppies and the Battle of Tara Hill | [49] | |
Kilcumney Hill Memorial | Kilcumney Hill | Co. Carlow | Battle of Kilcumney Hill | [50] | |
Fitzgerald Memorial | Kildare | Co. Kildare | Lord Edward FitzGerald | [51] | |
Staker Wallace Memorial | Kilfinane | Co. Limerick | Staker Wallace | [52] | |
1798 Memorial | Killurin | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [53] | |
Fr. Kearns Memorial | Kiltealy | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [54] | |
Mallow 1798 Memorial | Mallow | Co. Cork | Local veterans | [55] | |
Staker Wallace Memorial | Martinstown | Co. Limerick | Staker Wallace | [56] | |
The Tree of Liberty Stone | Maynooth | Co. Kildare | United Irishmen | [57] | |
Kearns and Perry Memorial | Monasteroris | Co. Offaly | Mogue Kearns and Anthony Perry | [58] | |
United Irishmen Memorial | Mountmellick | Co. Laois | General war memorial | [59] | |
1798 Monument | Mullens Cross | Co. Meath | Battle of Knightstown Bog | [60] | |
1798 Memorial | Cleariestown | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [61] | |
1798 Memorial | New Ross | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [62] | |
Newtownmountkennedy 1798 Memorial | Newtownmountkennedy | Co. Wicklow | Local veterans | [63] | |
Míchil Uí Néill Memorial | Newtownmountkennedy | Co. Wicklow | [64] | ||
1798 Memorial | Oulart | Co. Wexford | Battle of Oulart Hill | [65] | |
Portarlington 1798 Memorial | Portarlington | Co. Laois | Local veterans | [59] | |
Ruth Hackett 1798 Rebellion Plaque | Prosperous | Co. Kildare | Ruth Hackett and the Battle of Prosperous | [66] | |
Rathcoole 1798 Memorial | Rathcoole | Co. Dublin | Local veterans | [67] | |
1798 Memorial | Rathcormac | Co. Cork | [68] | ||
Rathvilly 1798 Memorial | Rathvilly | Co. Carlow | Local veterans | [69] | |
Sligo 1798 Memorial | Sligo | Co. Sligo | Local veterans | [70] | |
1798 Memorial | St Mullin's | Co. Carlow | General war memorial | [22] | |
Thurles 1798 Memorial | Thurles | Co. Tipperary | Local veterans | [71] | |
The Pikeman | Tralee | Co. Clare | [72] | ||
Fr. Murphy Memorial | Tullow | Co. Carlow | John Murphy | [73] | |
Pikemen | Between New Ross and Wexford | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [74] | |
1798 Memorial | Wexford | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [75] | |
Tree of Liberty | Wexford | Co. Wexford | General war memorial | [76] | |
Billy Byrne monument | Wicklow | Co. Wicklow | Billy Byrne, Michael Dwyer, General William J. Holt, and William Michael Byrne | [77] | |
The Liberty Tree | Carlow | Co. Carlow | General war memorial | [78] |
Image | Monument/Memorial | City/Town | State | Subject | Ref |
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1798 Memorial | Sydney | New South Wales | 1798 War Memorial stands over the grave of Michael Dwyer in Waverley Cemetery | [79] |
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