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Robert Emmet (4 March 1778 – 20 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland, and to establish a nationally representative government.
Robert Emmet (born 1778, Dublin—died Sept. 20, 1803, Dublin) was an Irish nationalist leader who inspired the abortive rising of 1803, remembered as a romantic hero of Irish lost causes.
Sep 20, 2023 · Learn about Robert Emmet, who organized the 1803 rebellion against British rule in Ireland and gave a famous speech from the dock before his execution. Find out how he is remembered in the U.S. and Ireland today.
Shortly after 1 o’clock on 20 September 1803, he was executed publicly in front of St Catherine’s Church, Thomas Street, Dublin. Emmet wore a plain black coat, black velvet stock, and Hessian boots, which gave him the classic appearance of the gentleman revolutionary.
Feb 27, 2014 · How did Robert Emmet, the leader of the 1803 rebellion, plan to proclaim Irish independence after the failure of 1798? Learn about his bitterness, ideology and relationship with France and the United Irishmen.
May 14, 2018 · Robert Emmet (1778-1803) was a prominent Anglo-Irish Protestant who led an unsuccessful revolution against British rule in 1803. He was executed after a brief trial and became a symbol of romantic, revolutionary, Irish nationalism.
Emmet, Robert (1778–1803), United Irishman, was born 4 March 1778 at 109/110 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the seventeenth, but only fourth surviving child of Dr Robert Emmet (qv), the state physician, and Elizabeth Emmet (née Mason); his older brothers were Christopher Temple (qv) and Thomas Addis Emmet (qv) and his sister was Mary Anne ...
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