VINEGAR HILL

From Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)

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VINEGAR HILL.—Overlooking the historic town of Enniscorthy is the equally historic Vinegar Hill, an elevation about 400 feet in height. This spot is chiefly memorable for the bloody conflicts that occurred there in the great rebellion of 1798. The half-armed, and poorly-led peasants held their own for a time against the fully armed 20,000 troops of General Lake, but were finally overcome. British writers attribute "atrocities" to the insurgents during the time they were in possession of Vinegar Hill, but they neglect to state that any acts of retaliation that were exercised were provoked by the British soldiery, who, not only in Wexford but elsewhere, gave no quarter; and perpetrated on non-combatants, and women and children, cruelties and infamies from which even Comanches or Apaches would shrink. Vinegar Hill will always remain an undying monument to Irish valor and patriotism.

Vinegar Hill, Wexford

Vinegar Hill, Wexford

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