1798 Saintfield Walking Tour
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“Who fears to speak of '98? Who blushes at the name?” JK Ingram, pub. 1843. info@1798Saintfield.com https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/1798-saintfield-walking-tour/
A silhouetted Pikeman appears to stand guard over Creevy Rocks in Saintfield. If you’d like to find out more about the 1798 Rebellion, grab one of the last few tickets for our final public tour of 2025 on Sunday at 1pm.
🎟️👉🏼 www.1798Saintfield.com #VisitMourne
🎟️👉🏼 www.1798Saintfield.com #VisitMourne
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A silhouetted Pikeman appears to stand guard over Creevy Rocks in Saintfield. If you’d like to find out more about the 1798 Rebellion, grab one of the last few tickets for our final public tour of 2025 on Sunday at 1pm.
🎟️👉🏼 www.1798Saintfield.com #VisitMourne
🎟️👉🏼 www.1798Saintfield.com #VisitMourne
Brilliant craic today on our 1st Anniversary 1798 Walking Tour of Saintfield. Really enjoyed the interactions with this group of United Irishmen & women! #visitmourne
September 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Brilliant craic today on our 1st Anniversary 1798 Walking Tour of Saintfield. Really enjoyed the interactions with this group of United Irishmen & women! #visitmourne
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As part of our Network Northern Ireland 2025 event @mauricejcasey.com will be hosting our latest History Open Mic Night w/ special guests at The Pavillion pub in Belfast. Open to all.
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As part of our Network Northern Ireland 2025 event @mauricejcasey.com will be hosting our latest History Open Mic Night w/ special guests at The Pavillion pub in Belfast. Open to all.
🥳 We’re celebrating 1 year of the 1798 Saintfield Walking Tour!
From battlefields to hidden history, we’ve loved sharing Saintfield’s story in the 1798 Rebellion with you all. Here’s to the past, the present & many more walks ahead 👣
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From battlefields to hidden history, we’ve loved sharing Saintfield’s story in the 1798 Rebellion with you all. Here’s to the past, the present & many more walks ahead 👣
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September 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🥳 We’re celebrating 1 year of the 1798 Saintfield Walking Tour!
From battlefields to hidden history, we’ve loved sharing Saintfield’s story in the 1798 Rebellion with you all. Here’s to the past, the present & many more walks ahead 👣
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From battlefields to hidden history, we’ve loved sharing Saintfield’s story in the 1798 Rebellion with you all. Here’s to the past, the present & many more walks ahead 👣
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In the @PlayhouseDerry doing some research. Really looking forward to seeing this & will be watching out for any references to 1798.
August 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In the @PlayhouseDerry doing some research. Really looking forward to seeing this & will be watching out for any references to 1798.
We had great craic today with this bunch of United Irishmen & women in the late summer, Saintfield sun. We also had our own Betsy Gray & the most distant visitor to date, OM, all the way from Stratford in London! #VisitMourne Our next tour is in September & 🎟️ 👉🏼 tinyurl.com/1798Saintfie...
August 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We had great craic today with this bunch of United Irishmen & women in the late summer, Saintfield sun. We also had our own Betsy Gray & the most distant visitor to date, OM, all the way from Stratford in London! #VisitMourne Our next tour is in September & 🎟️ 👉🏼 tinyurl.com/1798Saintfie...
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There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
The 1798 Rebellion tour is running less than a year, but is already rated by travellers as the #1 thing to do in Saintfield. Join us on Sunday 24th August to hear about the history of revolution here. tinyurl.com/1798Saintfie...
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The 1798 Rebellion tour is running less than a year, but is already rated by travellers as the #1 thing to do in Saintfield. Join us on Sunday 24th August to hear about the history of revolution here. tinyurl.com/1798Saintfie...
Many thanks to Wexford blacksmith Finin Christie for making this replica pike & to local Permaculture farmer & environmental educator, Phillip Allen for fashioning the 10 yr old hazel rod for the shaft! We’ve tix left for our next tour on Sun 24th Aug, so grab one here: tinyurl.com/1798Saintfie...
July 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Many thanks to Wexford blacksmith Finin Christie for making this replica pike & to local Permaculture farmer & environmental educator, Phillip Allen for fashioning the 10 yr old hazel rod for the shaft! We’ve tix left for our next tour on Sun 24th Aug, so grab one here: tinyurl.com/1798Saintfie...
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This is a brilliant tour for any 1798 heads, or anyone just interested in the history of Saintfield. A full review would ruin all the little surprises Mark, the tour guide, has built in. It’s really worth your time.
Really enjoyed today’s walk with this band of United Irishmen & women! Delighted to have @clairemitchell.bsky.social with us & share her Ghost Limb story. Grab a copy of her book here: www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks...
July 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is a brilliant tour for any 1798 heads, or anyone just interested in the history of Saintfield. A full review would ruin all the little surprises Mark, the tour guide, has built in. It’s really worth your time.
Really enjoyed today’s walk with this band of United Irishmen & women! Delighted to have @clairemitchell.bsky.social with us & share her Ghost Limb story. Grab a copy of her book here: www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks...
July 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Really enjoyed today’s walk with this band of United Irishmen & women! Delighted to have @clairemitchell.bsky.social with us & share her Ghost Limb story. Grab a copy of her book here: www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks...
Take 10 minutes out of your evening to read about the Great Hunger in Newtownards. A superb short film 👏👏👏. Ad Prof Kinealy’s research has shown ( www.qu.edu/faculty-and-...), the situation in Down was much worse during the famine than is usually acknowledged.
June 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Take 10 minutes out of your evening to read about the Great Hunger in Newtownards. A superb short film 👏👏👏. Ad Prof Kinealy’s research has shown ( www.qu.edu/faculty-and-...), the situation in Down was much worse during the famine than is usually acknowledged.
We’ve sold out our Saintfield 1798 Anniversary Walking Tour for the evening of June 9th. However, if you want to join us on the afternoon of Sunday 8th, grab the last few tickets here to see where rebels rose, pikes clashed and history was made. 🎟️👉 tinyurl.com/1798Saintfie...
May 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We’ve sold out our Saintfield 1798 Anniversary Walking Tour for the evening of June 9th. However, if you want to join us on the afternoon of Sunday 8th, grab the last few tickets here to see where rebels rose, pikes clashed and history was made. 🎟️👉 tinyurl.com/1798Saintfie...
*Pikes, Plots & Presbyterians*
Step into 1798 on May 18th with the Saintfield Walking Tour to see where rebels rose, pikes clashed, and history was made.
Frenetic, fiery and full of surprises, walk the Revolution with 🎟️👉 www.1798Saintfield.com
Step into 1798 on May 18th with the Saintfield Walking Tour to see where rebels rose, pikes clashed, and history was made.
Frenetic, fiery and full of surprises, walk the Revolution with 🎟️👉 www.1798Saintfield.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
*Pikes, Plots & Presbyterians*
Step into 1798 on May 18th with the Saintfield Walking Tour to see where rebels rose, pikes clashed, and history was made.
Frenetic, fiery and full of surprises, walk the Revolution with 🎟️👉 www.1798Saintfield.com
Step into 1798 on May 18th with the Saintfield Walking Tour to see where rebels rose, pikes clashed, and history was made.
Frenetic, fiery and full of surprises, walk the Revolution with 🎟️👉 www.1798Saintfield.com
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(Sorry for briefly spamming my own prints on here, but unfortunately it's still necessary to make some sort of tenuous living from drawing due to a significant delay in successfully wooing a wealthy bachelor farmer and being whisked off in his John Deere to a life of diamond-encrusted wellies)
A cost-of-living crisis isn't the easiest time to sell art, but: www.ciaraioch.com is where you can support my work, with each archival-quality print on textured heavy paper being produced here in Ireland, shipping internationally in eco-friendly packaging, with free mini-treats in every order 🎁
April 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
(Sorry for briefly spamming my own prints on here, but unfortunately it's still necessary to make some sort of tenuous living from drawing due to a significant delay in successfully wooing a wealthy bachelor farmer and being whisked off in his John Deere to a life of diamond-encrusted wellies)
Did you know that the 1798 Alien & Sedition Act currently in the news in the USA has a United Irishmen connection? At the time thousands emigrated to the USA but the Irish were described as a “mass of vicious and disorganizing characters who can not live peaceably at home.. 1/2
April 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Did you know that the 1798 Alien & Sedition Act currently in the news in the USA has a United Irishmen connection? At the time thousands emigrated to the USA but the Irish were described as a “mass of vicious and disorganizing characters who can not live peaceably at home.. 1/2
I’d appreciate a share on this one 🙏. I’m trying to find the lyrics of “The Ballad of Samuel Jamison”. They were published by Hugh Shields in 1972 in an article called ‘Some songs and ballads in use in the province of Ulster’ in Ulster Folklife Volume 18 (pp 34-65). Haven’t been able to get a copy.
April 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’d appreciate a share on this one 🙏. I’m trying to find the lyrics of “The Ballad of Samuel Jamison”. They were published by Hugh Shields in 1972 in an article called ‘Some songs and ballads in use in the province of Ulster’ in Ulster Folklife Volume 18 (pp 34-65). Haven’t been able to get a copy.
Our Nobel Laureate in Literature was born on this day 86 years ago. Listen to his poem about the 1798 Rebellion here- youtu.be/iMZkMm3givE
SEAMUS HEANEY reads "Requiem for the Croppies"
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April 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Our Nobel Laureate in Literature was born on this day 86 years ago. Listen to his poem about the 1798 Rebellion here- youtu.be/iMZkMm3givE
Checking out the important 1798 sites in Dublin. Here’s the original Croppie Boy, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Born an aristocrat, he abandoned it to become an influential United Irishman. He was mortally wounded during his arrest prior to the rebellion.
April 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Checking out the important 1798 sites in Dublin. Here’s the original Croppie Boy, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Born an aristocrat, he abandoned it to become an influential United Irishman. He was mortally wounded during his arrest prior to the rebellion.
Our next Saintfield 1798 Walking Tour is @ 1:30pm on Sunday 13th April. Tickets for this and later dates can be purchased here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... Our tour is getting a great reception (tinyurl.com/1798FiveStar... 👀), so make sure you grab your 🎟️ today.
April 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Our next Saintfield 1798 Walking Tour is @ 1:30pm on Sunday 13th April. Tickets for this and later dates can be purchased here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... Our tour is getting a great reception (tinyurl.com/1798FiveStar... 👀), so make sure you grab your 🎟️ today.
This beautiful weather is to stretch right through Sunday 13th April when our next 1798 Walking Tour is. Get your tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai...
April 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This beautiful weather is to stretch right through Sunday 13th April when our next 1798 Walking Tour is. Get your tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai...
Our next Saintfield 1798 Walking Tour is @ 1:30pm on Sunday 13th April. Tickets for this and later dates can be purchased here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... Our tour is proving to be popular (👀https://tinyurl.com/1798FiveStarReviews), so make sure you grab your 🎟️ today.
March 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Our next Saintfield 1798 Walking Tour is @ 1:30pm on Sunday 13th April. Tickets for this and later dates can be purchased here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... Our tour is proving to be popular (👀https://tinyurl.com/1798FiveStarReviews), so make sure you grab your 🎟️ today.
Really enjoyed this afternoon’s sellout Walking Tour with this wonderful group of people. If you’d like to join us next month secure your ticket here for Sunday 13th April at 1:30pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/1798-saintfi...
March 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Really enjoyed this afternoon’s sellout Walking Tour with this wonderful group of people. If you’d like to join us next month secure your ticket here for Sunday 13th April at 1:30pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/1798-saintfi...
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A cost-of-living crisis isn't the easiest time to sell art, but: www.ciaraioch.com is where you can support my work, with each archival-quality print on textured heavy paper being produced here in Ireland, shipping internationally in eco-friendly packaging, with free mini-treats in every order 🎁
February 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A cost-of-living crisis isn't the easiest time to sell art, but: www.ciaraioch.com is where you can support my work, with each archival-quality print on textured heavy paper being produced here in Ireland, shipping internationally in eco-friendly packaging, with free mini-treats in every order 🎁
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The American Republic was saved today in 1783
At a hugely dramatic moment in US history, George Washington delivered an emotional appeal to his army not to stage a coup.
His intervention worked and the republican experiment endured.
At a hugely dramatic moment in US history, George Washington delivered an emotional appeal to his army not to stage a coup.
His intervention worked and the republican experiment endured.
March 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The American Republic was saved today in 1783
At a hugely dramatic moment in US history, George Washington delivered an emotional appeal to his army not to stage a coup.
His intervention worked and the republican experiment endured.
At a hugely dramatic moment in US history, George Washington delivered an emotional appeal to his army not to stage a coup.
His intervention worked and the republican experiment endured.