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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.
Sep 16, 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 20, 2024 · Robert Emmet was executed on September 20, 1803, following a one-day trial the day before on a charge of high treason against the king.
- Loss of Confidence in France
- Secretive Military Tactics
- Social Radicalism and The Memory of Repression in 1798
- ‘Shake Off Your Slumber and Oppression!’
- A Popish Plot?
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
The wording of the Proclamation exposes Emmet’s feelings of betrayal in the wake of 1798, and his consequent clandestine restructuring of the United Irishmen. The Proclamationalso demonstrates his ideological shift towards an autonomous insurrection for Irish independence. It is, however, important not to ‘read history backwards’. Emmet’s 1803 Risi...
The United Irishmen, once an open and popular mass movement, had transformed by necessity during the 1790s into an underground elite. The high level of clandestine conspiracy, Emmet’s extensive use of codes, invisible ink, aliases and severe lack of documentation available from this period, are all symptomatic of Emmet’s fear of informers as a resu...
The Proclamationalso contains allusions to the widening of the political agenda of Emmet and the United Irishmen following the failure of 1798. Thomas Russell, a highly influential veteran of 1798 and radical campaigner for economic and social reform, is a key influence on Emmet here. An important example of this is the stipulation that, ‘tithes [t...
The Proclamationis also important in demonstrating Emmet’s relationship with rebels in the North of Ireland and their significance in the 1803 rising, ‘We call upon the North to stand up and shake off their slumber and their oppression.’ In the recruiting of men following the 1798 uprising, Emmet and the United Irishmen tried to lower the sectarian...
‘Whomsoever presumes . . . that this is a religious contest, is guilty of the grievous crime [of misunderstanding]’.Here, Emmet underlines his awareness of sectarian clashes, and by removing the subject of religion, attempts to quell conservative Protestant fears and give the rebellion a universal appeal. Historian Kevin Whelan stresses that respon...
In conclusion, it is difficult to over-estimate the vast implications of the 1798 Rebellion on the young Robert Emmet. The overarching feeling of bitterness and resentment can be found throughout the 1803 Proclamation. However, this mood was influenced not only by Emmet’s close relationship with the veteran’s of 1798, but his subsequent decision to...
Primary Emmet, Robert. ‘The 1803 Proclamation of the Provisional Government’, in Patrick Geoghegan Robert Emmet, A Life. Dublin 2002. pp. 287-294. Secondary Bartlett, Thomas. The Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation, Dublin: 1992. Bartlett, Thomas, ‘Britishness, Irishness and the Act of Union,’ in Dáire Keogh and Kevin Whelan (eds.) Acts of Union, The...
Depiction of Robert Emmet's trial. Emmet reached Rathfarnham an hour before midnight with a party of 16. When he heard that Wicklow men were still planning to rise, he issued a countermanding order to prevent needless violence. [67]
- 23 July 1803
- Rebellion suppressed
- Dublin, Ireland
May 14, 2018 · The Irish nationalist Robert Emmet (1778-1803) was executed after leading an unsuccessful revolution against British rule. His youth, passionate oratory, and courage in the face of death have made him a permanent symbol of romantic, revolutionary, Irish nationalism.
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Robert Emmet was hanged and beheaded on 20th September 1803. During his trial, he had declared… when my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. Thomas Russel had returned to Dublin and was captured whilst trying to rescue Emmet.
