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Vinegar Hill

Enniscorthy, County Wexford

The rebels' last stand in the 1798 Rising.

In 1798 the United Irishmen rose in rebellion, and Wexford became the heart of the rising. Thousands of rebels and their families camped on Vinegar Hill above Enniscorthy.

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When
21 June 1798
Where
52.5000, -6.5500
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

A path climbs the hill to a memorial. The National 1798 Rebellion Centre is in Enniscorthy.

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