1798 Rebellion

I can't speak specifically to the situation in Monaghan, but the United Irishmen were started originally by Protestants, particularly Presbyterians in the North who were tired of paying tithes to, and being dominated by, the established church (one of the reasons so many of them emigrated to America over the years).  Catholics joined in later, though, and definitely participated in the uprising.  The most famous leader of the United Irishmen was Wolfe Tone, who was a Protestant, and I think he belonged to the Church of Ireland (allthough I don't think it was officially called that until later on).  Wikipedia has a good article on the whole topic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798

Further to Kevin's reply, the following journal article in the Clogher Record may assist in answering your questions.

"Monaghan in the Age of Revolution"
By: Brian MacDonald
Clogher Record, Vol. 17, No. 3 (2002), pp. 751-780 (30 pages)
Published By: Clogher Historical Society 

Clogher Historical Society 
https://www.clogherhistory.ie/

Also on JSTOR
https://www.jstor.org/

Maggie McKenna, Carrickmacross

Thank you Maggie for the link to  Brian MacDonald's article. It was quite helpful. 

I have not quite figured out how to manage the website and to post  a message re County Cavan. There is some confusion as to the origin of brothers Oliver and Thomas Williamson. On the land petitions etc. in Upper Canada, 1822 for both brothers it is stated for Oliver "native of town of Clones" and Thomas "native of Killeevn Parish. However some family members, long diisesed said they came from Cavan and the family were distillers. I would appreciate knowing if you could find any Williamsons in Cavan who were distillers in the first two dacades of the 1800s. Thank you. Bruce 

Hello Bruce,

Very pleased to read that you found the article helpful.  I have sent a request for a County Cavan volunteer to be alerted to your post, as they would be much more qualified than myself to assist you with that area.

In the meantime you may like to take a look at the following:

Pigot & Co's Provincial Directory of Ireland 1824:
https://www.failteromhat.com/pigotu.htm

Registry of Freeholders in the County of Cavan:
http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/Regi…

Should I find anything else of interest, I will post it here.  

Maggie McKenna, Carrickmacross.

This might be slightly off topic but thank you Maggie for posting the link to Pigot's directory (see above). I've extracted seven individuals surnamed CHAMBERS. these might provide clues to my missing kin from Clones, Fermanagh. Unfortunately, my known kin were in the 1820-1850 time frame.

George J. Chambers