Oct 19, 2017 · The most detailed extant source for Irish pike technique, by far, is a “manual” of guerrilla warfare, written during the 1850s by an Irish Republican author claiming direct descent from the rebels of 1798.

While the pike was very common and became the symbol of the United Irish rebels of 1798, many combatants had to make use of whatever weapons they could fashion. As an account of the Battle of Oulart recalls, ‘The Rebel force numbered between 1,000 and 1,500 men of sundry arms.

A very rare and impressive c1800 Irish Fighting Pike, as used by the Irish Rebels during the 1798 uprising against British rule. It consists of a one piece, double edged, iron spear with a tangential curved hooked blade and 2 ribs that attach the head to the 2 metre (6 ft 6 inch) long wooden pole.

This pike head was carried by an Irish revolutionary in the 1798 Irish rebellion. Many thousands of Irish soldiers fought in the British Army at Waterloo – but 17 years earlier, 50,000 Irishmen, inspired and supported by revolutionary France, had risen against British rule.

copy of '98 Pike drill in Irish."1 Some further references to the pike, particularly to its use in Britain and its use here by the Fenians, seem worthy of record. That the pike was a weapon of expediency in countries other than Ireland has already been mentioned,2 but although the weapon was revived by the Home Guard in Britain in

A rare late 18th century Irish Fighting Pike, as used by the Irish Rebels during the 1798 uprising against British rule. It consists of a one piece, double edged, iron spear with a cone shaped neck to fit over the long wooden pole.

Jul 7, 2012 · The idea of “the pike in the thatch” as a symbol of revolutionary continuity retained its romantic appeal. But 1798 changed Ireland for good: the revolutionaries’ ideal of unity became an ...

When fighting finally began, charges by massed ranks of pike-wielding men were the main rebel tactic.

The history of Irish emigration to America tells a sad story of English indifference toward the Irish race. But we find in this indifference no excuse for Fenianism. The revolt is only a stab at Ireland by Irishmen themselves.

Mar 5, 2011 · The young men, who may have numbered up to 8,000, were Fenians – members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and this was the day of a long-planned-for insurrection aimed at toppling British rule and establishing an Irish Republic.