Wolfe Tone
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 20 June 1763
- Died
- 19 November 1798
- Works
- 26
Top works
- The autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone, 1763-1798
- Autobiography
- An argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland
- Beatha Theobald Wolfe Tone
- Spanish War! an Enquiry How Far Ireland Is Bound, of Right, to Embark in the Impending Contest on the Side of Great-Britain? Addressed to the Members of Both Houses of Parliament
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There are at least 2 artists who have used the name The Wolf Tones 1. The Wolfe Tones - Irish rebel music band 2. The Wolf Tones - Pittsburgh bluegrass band The Wolfe Tones, an Irish rebel music band, incorporate elements of Irish traditional music in their songs. They take their name from the Irish rebel and patriot Theobald Wolfe Tone, one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, with the double entendre of a wolf tone – a spurious sound that can affect instruments of the violin family
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,514x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,326x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,177x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,734x
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Quotes
- “From my tenderest youth I have considered the union of Ireland with Great-Britain as the scourge of the Irish nation. And that the people of this country can have neither happiness nor freedom whilst that connection endures. Every day's experience, and every fact that arose, convinced me of this truth; and I resolved, if I could, to separate the two countries. But as I knew Ireland could not of herself, throw off the yoke, I sought for help wherever I could find it.”
- “[T]hey and the Catholics had but one common interest and one common enemy; that the depression and slavery of Ireland was produced and perpetuated by the divisions existing between them; and that consequently to assert the independence of their country, and their own individual liberties it was necessary to forget all former feuds, to consolidate the entire strength of the whole nation, and form for the first time but one people.”
- “To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country, these were my objectives. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman, in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter, these were my means.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Theobald Wolfe Tone , ( 1763-06-20 ) 20 June 1763, Dublin , Ireland
- Died
- 19 November 1798 (1798-11-19) (aged 35), Dublin, Ireland
- Resting place
- Bodenstown Graveyard
- Education
- Trinity College Dublin ( BA ) King's Inns
- Agents
- Society of United Irishmen Catholic Committee and Convention
- Spouse
- Matilda Tone ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1785 )
- Allegiance
- United Irishmen , French Republic
- Conflicts
- French Revolutionary Wars Irish Rebellion of 1798 Battle of Tory Island ‡‡
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Portrait of Theobald Wolfe Tone (4672711).jpg
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- date of death
- 1798-11-19
- date of birth
- 1763-06-20
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- Theobald Wolfe Tone
- name in native language
- Theobald Wolfe Tone
- start of work period
- 1791-00-00
- birth name
- Theobald Wolfe Tone
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Theobald Wolfe Tone (Irish: Bhulbh Teón; 20 June 1763 – 19 November 1798), posthumously known as Wolfe Tone, was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure for Irish republicanism. Convinced that if his fellow Protestants feared to make common cause with the Catholic majority, the British Crown would continue to govern Ireland in the English interest, in 1791 he helped form the Society of United Irishmen.
Fuelled by the popular grievances of rents, tithes and taxes, driven by martial-law repression, and despairing of reform, the society developed as an insurrectionary movement. When, in the early summer of 1798, it broke into open rebellion, Tone was in exile soliciting assistance from the French Republic. In October 1798, on his second attempt to land in Ireland with French troops and supplies, he was taken prisoner. Sentenced to be hanged, he died from a reportedly self-inflicted wound.