WI: Irish Revolution during the French Revolutionary Wars?

Possible uprising by Britain's Irish subjects, inspired by the events in France, and by the sister Republics she's established across Europe?

Could it ever succeed? (I assume the French would try to help, but the RN would make that a pain).
 
Yeah, the Revolution of 1798 wad one of the first great revolts of Ireland. Wolfe Time, the Croppie Boys, Vinegar Hill. Its got a pretty hallowed place in the irish national mythology.
 
Interesting but already explored

Possible uprising by Britain's Irish subjects, inspired by the events in France, and by the sister Republics she's established across Europe?

Could it ever succeed? (I assume the French would try to help, but the RN would make that a pain).
As Dan McCollum says, there was one. Without French support it was a failure and was suppressed ruthlessly.

The French did try to intervene in 1797 but bad weather and the RN prevented them landing an invasion force.

There's a WI the landing had succeeded in a book called "The Napoleonic Options"

I'd expect a TL on here too!

;)

Maybe if there isn't I'll post a synopsis of the published WI (giving credit of course) and see if that TL is worth developing
 
Yeah, the Revolution of 1798 wad one of the first great revolts of Ireland. Wolfe Time, the Croppie Boys, Vinegar Hill. Its got a pretty hallowed place in the irish national mythology.

It didn't have a chance without a large Catholic following and the Catholic hierarchy, nothwithstanding the Penal Laws which were still in force, were 100% against it. This took place after the De-Christianization Period of the Revolution (which never really ended till Napoleon - in 1799, the Pope died in France as a prisoner of the Directory). The French never understood they couldn't export their anti-clericalism. In that case the Irish rebellion could never get the numbers they needed.
 
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