The Tubberneering battle of 1798 – where the Wexford Rebel Army shook an Empire

In a peaceful and quiet country area, the townland of Tubberneering, Gorey hosted approximately 45 minutes of chaos and bloody carnage in a 1798 battle that shook the British Government in Ireland... On June 4th 1798, a detachment of 800 men including the hated Welsh Cavalry unit the Ancient Britions alongside the Suffolk Company, the …

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