Young Ireland rebellion facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Young Irelander Rebellion
Part of the Revolutions of 1848
Daguerreotype of Young Irelanders Thomas Francis Meagher and William Smith O'Brien (centre) in Kilmainham Gaol after the rebellion
Date 29 July 1848 Location Ballingarry, South Tipperary, Ireland 52°35′N 7°32′W / 52.59°N 7.54°W / 52.59; -7.54 Result Rebels besiege a police unit, but retreat after police reinforcements arrive
Belligerents
Young Irelanders	Irish Constabulary
Commanders and leaders
William Smith O'Brien	Sub-Inspector Trant Sub-Inspector Cox
Strength
unknown	47, unknown number of reinforcements arrived later
Casualties and losses
2 killed: Thomas Walsh Patrick McBride

The Young Irelander Rebellion was a failed Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848 that affected most of Europe. It took place on 29 July 1848 at Farranrory, a small settlement about 4.3 km north-northeast of the village of Ballingarry, South Tipperary. After being chased by a force of Young Irelanders and their supporters, an Irish Constabulary unit took refuge in a house and held those inside as hostages. A several-hour gunfight followed, but the rebels fled after a large group of police reinforcements arrived.

It is sometimes called the Famine Rebellion (since it took place during the Great Irish Famine), the Battle of Ballingarry or the Battle of Widow McCormack’s Cabbage Patch.