Young
and old preparing for battle.
Preparing
to drum the men to arms.
Tuning
up the bagpipes to scare the enemy to death.
Here
the Commander is getting his men ready for battle.
These
fine men prepare to march into battle.
This
is a map showing you the town of Antrim at the time of the battle which took
place on a Sunday, the 7th June 1798. The United Irishmen's plan was to take
the local Magistrates as hostages at the Court House in the Market Square.
So they
marched down into the town and pushed back the soldiers to the Barbican Gate,
during the fight they mortally wounded Lord O'Neill from Shanes Castle as
he tried to get up the steps of the Court House to safety. They were then
driven back to All Saints' Parish Church, this was due to heavy gunfire from
the local yeomen on Antrim Castle's walls in the Market Square. The arrival
of Military reinforcements turned the tide of the battle and they were defeated
and fled in disarray.
Court
House
Castle
Walls
The
Fifer's band all ready along with two fighting men.
Good
fighting men and true with their cannon.
The
Artillery men march off to the town.
The
Pipers march ahead towards the town.
The
Fifers play a merry tune going towards the town.
British
reinforcements march towards the town to save the garrison.
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