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The United Irishmen were an organisation agitating for Irish independence from Britain at the end of the eighteenth centuary. They were led by the [[Protestant]] [[Wolfe Tone]], who was alse the National Secretary of the Catholic Commitee.

The '''United Irishmen''' were an organisation agitating for [[Irish]] independence from Britain at the end of the eighteenth centuary. They were led by the [[Protestant]] [[Wolfe Tone]], who was alse the National Secretary of the Catholic Commitee.

Tone was concerned by the plight of the mass of the Irish Catholic population writing; "...they have been stripped of all land, the bulk are in the lowest degree of misery, they seldom taste bread, live in wretched hovels and labour incessently".

Tone was concerned by the plight of the mass of the Irish Catholic population writing; "...they have been stripped of all land, the bulk are in the lowest degree of misery, they seldom taste bread, live in wretched hovels and labour incessently".