Battle of Antrim 1798

[Gene]

Does anyone have a list of the 32 United Irishmen executed after the Battle
of Antrim during the Irish Rebellion in 1798 or know where one can be found.
Two of these people were Presbyterian ministers.

Thanks for any information,
Gene

[Dennis Ahern]

Gene <gene_e...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
: Does anyone have a list of the 32 United Irishmen executed after the Battle

: of Antrim during the Irish Rebellion in 1798 or know where one can be found.
: Two of these people were Presbyterian ministers.

Put "United Irishmen executed Antrim 1798" in www.google.com and you will
get lots of information, possibly even the answer you seek.

-dja

[Alan O'Neill]

You might check in
Sir Richard Musgrave's
Memoirs of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
ISBN 0-9643925-0-X

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[Gene]

Thank you

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[P Mayberry]

Hello Gene,

I'm assuming that your request stems from this URL
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/andrew/1798_p2.html which states the
following:

Like the Wexford rising the Northern rebels succeeded in winning minor
skirmishes against the British but were defeated in the major battles by the
British armies superior training, arms and tactics. As in Wexford the
British burned towns, villages and houses they considered sympathetic to the
rebels and massacred both prisoners and wounded during and after the
battles. After the battle of Antrim some were buried alive.[105] In addition
32 United Irishmen leaders were executed in the North after the rising,
including two Presbyteian (sic) ministers.

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I mistakenly understood from your posting that these thirty two were
captured at the Battle of Antrim (7 June 1798) and subsequently executed.
I've been looking through Musgrave for a list of the thirty two UI members
executed without success.

However, now that I know the essence of your posting, I must refer you to
Charles Dickson's book titled "Revolt in the North Antrim and Down in
1798". My copy was published by Clonmore & Reynolds in 1960. The book may
have been republished for the 1998 anniversary.

Disregarding the many lists appearing in Dickson's book especially the
"fifty-pounder" ones, Appendix XVIII on page 233 has a list of some of
those men of Antrim AND Down who suffered death following court-martial,
namely:-

Henry Joy McCracken of Belfast
Henry Monro of Lisburn
James Dickey of Crumlin
John Storey of Belfast
Hugh Grimes, or Graham of.Creevytenant, near Ballynahinch
Revd. James Porter of Greyabbey
Revd. Archibald Warwick of Kircubbin, a licentiate
Henry Dyers of Saintfield
Thomas MacNeight of Gransha
Archibald Wilson of Conlig
Robert Robinson of Ballygrany, near Bangor
Robert Gowdy of Dunovert near Greyabbey
John Carr, or Kerr of Newtownards
William McCormick of Newtownards
John Clarke (Richard Miers) of Newtownards
John Cuthbert of Ballyboley
Bernard Crosby of Donaghadee
Hugh Boyd of Ballycastle (near Mount Stewart)
Lambert Brice of Dundonald
William Morrison of Donaghadee
Samuel Dunlop of Ballymoney
James Dunlop of Bangor
Doctor James Choorde of Downpatrick
Thomas Coulter of Lecale
John Skelly of Creevytenant, near Ballynahinch
James McCann of Killeleagh
James Timmons of Glenarm
William Neilson, or Nelson of Ballycarry
*Alexander Gamble* of Ballymoney
Thomas Montgomery of Broughshane
James Montgomery of Broughshane
Daniel Gillan of Monaghan Militia (Blaris Camp)
William McCarron of Monaghan Militia (Blaris Camp)
Owen McCanna of Monaghan Militia (Blaris Camp)
Peter McCarron of Monaghan Militia (Blaris Camp)
William Magill of Loughbrickland
*G. Crabbe* of Lisburn
*William Armstrong* of Lisburn
Richard Vincent of Lisburn
Thomas Maxwell of Lisburn
George Dickson of Crumlin ("General Halt or Holt")
Thomas Russell of Downpatrick

*Name* denotes was offered his life if he informed, but he refused.

In anticipating your further request, the following extract from pages
241-242, may be of interest:

Appendix XXIV Presbyterian Ministers implicated. Only those are mentioned
who were located in the counties of Antrim and Down. The list includes
several who were licentiates awaiting ordination and one or two others were
possibly merely clerical students though referred to in Government Documents
as Ministers.

James Porter of Greyabbey - hanged
Archibald Warwick of Kircubbin - hanged
William Steel Dickson of Portaferry - imprisoned in Fort George
Sinclair Kelburn of Belfast - imprisoned
Samuel Barber of Rathfriland - imprisoned
David Bailie Warden of Killinchy - exiled
William Staveley of Knockbracken - imprisoned
James Simpson of Newtownards - transported for life
Thomas Ledlie Birch of Saintfield - acquitted, but expatriated
Arthur MacMahon of Holywood - escaped to France
John McNish of Clough, Co. Antrim - went to U.S.A.
Robert Acheson of Glenarm - acquitted at court-martial
William Sinclair of Newtownards - transported for life
Benjamin Mitchell of Ballymoney - imprisoned; died 1815
Adam Hill of Ballynure - died 1827
James Townsend of Greyabbey - escaped to U.S.A.
William Adair near Comber
James Hull of Ballyvaron, near Bangor
John Miles of Moneyreagh - licensed 5 Sept. 1797
Henry Henry of Connor - imprisoned
Thomas Smith of Ahoghill and Randalstown - went to U.S.A
Thomas Alexander of Cairncastle
F. Marshall of Ballyclare - present on Donegore Hill
James Worrall of Lame - imprisoned
Robert Scott of Moneyglass - acquitted at court-martial
Robert Gowdy of Dunover - hanged
William Fox escaped to U.S.A.

The names of two covenanting ministers named Gibson and McKenny have been
mentioned, but are doubtful, as are three others named McNeill, Bird and
Thompson.

Regards,
Peter Mayberry
Tuggeranong ACT
Australia
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