The Society of United Irishmen (Irish: Cumann na nÉireannach Aontaithe) was founded as a liberal political organisation in eighteenth century Ireland that sought Parliamentary reform. However, it evolved into a revolutionary republican organisation, inspired by the American Revolution and allied with Revolutionary France. It launched the Irish Rebellion of 1798 with the objective of ending British monarchical rule over Ireland and founding an independent Irish republic.
Read more about Society Of United Irishmen: Foundation, Movement Spreads, 1793–97, 1798 Rebellion, The United Irishmen and Sectarianism, After 1798
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