Mountmellick

 

1798 Monument

Names of 11 men are inscribed on the monument and these men were hanged in its proximity between 11th and 13th of June 1798.

 

Clues to the 1798 Rebellion in Mountmellick

The 1798 Rebellion was a significant uprising in Ireland and a casual google search does not find much evidence for activity in Laois/Queen’s County. However, the monument on Wolfe Tone St.

 

Religious Rambles in Mountmellick

Written by Pauline Geoghegan, Richard Reid, Olive Lacey, Paddy Lacey & Bernard Conroy as part of a digital cultural heritage training course organised and funded by Laois Partnership. Photographs are by Pauline & Richard. (research is ongoing and minor changes will be made in coming days).

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