Possibly the swiftest route to your roots.
Irish genealogy website directory.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/irish_reb_01.shtml
Description:
The Society of United Irishmen, founded in 1791, embraced Catholics, Protestants and Dissenters in its aim to remove English control from Irish affairs. Their bloody rebellion of 1798, however, resulted in the 1801 Act of Union, which brought Ireland tighter still under British control. Professor Thomas Bartlett tells their story.
