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/
Fancy a stocking filler for that special someone (or just want to get rid of them for 2 hours on a Sunday in January 😝)? Why not gift them a ticket to our first Walking Tour of 2026 & let them enjoy finding out about the 1798 Rebellion in Saintfield 🎟️ 👉🏼 www.1798Saintfield.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Fancy a stocking filler for that special someone (or just want to get rid of them for 2 hours on a Sunday in January 😝)? Why not gift them a ticket to our first Walking Tour of 2026 & let them enjoy finding out about the 1798 Rebellion in Saintfield 🎟️ 👉🏼 www.1798Saintfield.com
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
🥳 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...
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...
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...
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
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.
Although some of the statues commemorating 1798 and the United Irishmen are impressive, so much more could be done with this story.
April 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Although some of the statues commemorating 1798 and the United Irishmen are impressive, so much more could be done with this story.
The juxtaposition of the Great Hunger/ an Gorta Mór statues and that of 1798 United Irishman leader, Wolfe Tone in St Stephen’s green is stunning.
April 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The juxtaposition of the Great Hunger/ an Gorta Mór statues and that of 1798 United Irishman leader, Wolfe Tone in St Stephen’s green is stunning.
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...
Our next Walking Tour on Sunday 23rd is sold out. If you’ve missed out, don’t worry, we’ve added a few extra dates including one on the 227th anniversary of the Battle of Saintfield (9th June) www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... #VisitMourne
March 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Our next Walking Tour on Sunday 23rd is sold out. If you’ve missed out, don’t worry, we’ve added a few extra dates including one on the 227th anniversary of the Battle of Saintfield (9th June) www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... #VisitMourne
Just two tickets remain for our next 1798 Walking Tour on Sunday 23rd March. If you’ve missed out, don’t worry, we’ve added a few extra dates including one on the 227th anniversary of the Battle of Saintfield (9th June) www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... #VisitMourne
March 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Just two tickets remain for our next 1798 Walking Tour on Sunday 23rd March. If you’ve missed out, don’t worry, we’ve added a few extra dates including one on the 227th anniversary of the Battle of Saintfield (9th June) www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... #VisitMourne
Did you know that Saintfield, Co. Down, was a hotbed of rebellion in 1798? The Presbyterian minister, TL Birch, was a young Radical and lived at Liberty Hill in the Townland of Ballycloughan www.townlands.ie/down/castler... on the outskirts of Saintfield. 1/2
March 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Did you know that Saintfield, Co. Down, was a hotbed of rebellion in 1798? The Presbyterian minister, TL Birch, was a young Radical and lived at Liberty Hill in the Townland of Ballycloughan www.townlands.ie/down/castler... on the outskirts of Saintfield. 1/2
If you want to find out about Saintfield’s rebellious past and how modern democracy was distilled in Ireland, bottled in Scotland and uncorked in the US, come join us on Sunday 23rd March at 1:30 pm. Make sure you grab your ticket here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... #visitMourne
February 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If you want to find out about Saintfield’s rebellious past and how modern democracy was distilled in Ireland, bottled in Scotland and uncorked in the US, come join us on Sunday 23rd March at 1:30 pm. Make sure you grab your ticket here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sai... #visitMourne
Delighted to have Stephen McCracken, grand nephew of United Irishmen founder, Henry Joy McCracken with us today on our 1798 Tour. In addition we managed to locate the grave of Thomas Ledlie Birch Jnr, son of the Presbyterian Minister in Saintfield and the first United Irishman in Down.1/2
February 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Delighted to have Stephen McCracken, grand nephew of United Irishmen founder, Henry Joy McCracken with us today on our 1798 Tour. In addition we managed to locate the grave of Thomas Ledlie Birch Jnr, son of the Presbyterian Minister in Saintfield and the first United Irishman in Down.1/2