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The year of the French 1796 (Ireland)

" Wolfe Tone's efforts succeeded with the dispatch of the Expédition d'Irlande, and he accompanied a force of 14,000 French veteran troops under General Hoche which arrived off the coast of Ireland at Bantry Bay in December 1796 after eluding the Royal Navy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798#Aborted_invasion_.281796.29

Instead of being driven back by bad weather the French land troops and with more French troops on the way the Irish rebellion succeeds.

Ireland is declared a republic.

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