1798 execution of alleged United Irishmen by British soldiers in Carnew, Ireland
Carnew executions
Location
Carnew, County Wicklow
Date
25 May 1798
Attack type
Firing squad
Deaths
28
Perpetrator
Irish Yeomanry
The Carnew executions refer to the summary execution of 28 prisoners being held as suspected United Irishmen by yeomanry troops from the Carnew garrison stationed in the barracks of Carnew Castle, County Wicklow, Ireland on 25 May 1798.[1][2]
^Thomas Bartlett and Keith Jeffery. A Military History of Ireland Cambridge University Press, 1997; ISBN 0-521-62989-6, p. 279
^Gwynn, Stephan Lucius (1915). Famous Cities of Ireland. p. 275.
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