1. An Introduction to Irish History
... them as well as the Catholics. So, in the second half of the 18th Century there came about in Ireland the first stirrings of a coherent Irish Nationalism; the claim by an Irish people to be able to act on behalf of themselves in a sovereign independent nation. But it was ironic that this first coherent nationalist voice actually emanated from the Protestants themselves. They ... was completed when Wolfe Tone was himself captured at sea leading another French expedition to Ireland. Wolfe Tone was brought to Dublin and sentenced to be hanged. When his request to be shot was refused, Wolfe...
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