A HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, CRUELTIES, AND SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION IN THE COUNTY OF WEXFORD IN THE YEAR 1798. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIS CAPTIVITY AND MERCIFUL DELIVERANCE

Belleville: M. Bowell, "Intelligencer" Office, 1864. New Edition Corrected. Hardcover. Good Only. 12mo, 7.5 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 237. Contemporary bead grain cloth with blind-stamped frame and corner design. Rubbing to extremities. Front board warped and scuffed. Head and tail band of spine missing. Red crayon and pencil marks to front and rear endpapers. Front pastedown b ubbled and wrinkled. Occasional spotting. Spine is tight. "A History of the Rise, Progress and Suppression of the Rebellion in the County of Wexford in the Year" by George Taylor was published in 1829 over three decades after the events described. Taylor, a Protestant and a loyalist, was held captive and was lucky to escape with his life after mostly Catholic Irish revolutionaries inspired by the American and French revolutions captured much of County Wexford during the summer of 1798. Taylor describes the litany of historical injustices that led to the rebellion, the initial successes of the rebels who captured Wexford and other towns in the county, the final rebel defeat at Vinegar Hill and its aftermath. He vividly describes a descent into lawlessness and terrifying scenes of  fighting accompanied by sectarian reprisals and atrocities on both sides. The uprising precipitated the Act of Union 1800 which would have enormous ramification for Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries. (from Ask About Ireland).