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1798: in Wicklow!

Martin Smyth's (Sixth Class)
illustrated stories of the
Dunlavin Massacre
Battle of Stratford on Slaney
In 1998 we commemorated the ideas and people who, 200 years ago, took part in the 1798 rising. At least 30,000 people, (men, women and children) were killed. Modern studies would suggest that the number who died may have been much greater.

Sixth Class Essays on 1798
Aidan Coughlan and Ronan O'Neill
Gavin Iremonger and Eoin Dowling

Did you know that the rising lasted longer in Wicklow than in any other county!!!

For a listing of the major events of the 1798 rising in Wicklow click HERE

Commemoration rehearsals in Bray

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