# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ‘I hope the Defenders have rallied to you’: The United Irishmen, Defenders and Popular Loyalism
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The 1798 Rebellion in Ulster was concentrated on the counties of Antrim and Down. Earlier attempts to create a revolutionary alliance between the United Irishmen and the Defenders had raised the prospect of an irresistible force capable of changing the political landscape forever. These hopes had largely evaporated by the year of the Rebellion as internal dissension and the emergence of popular loyalism undermined the possibility of a successful insurrection. This talk by Ken Dawson explores the complexity of the unfolding situation and the extent of the ‘Turnout’ in 1798.

Our Speaker: Ken Dawson

Ken Dawson is a recently retired teacher. He has been researching the United Irishmen for over twenty years and is the author of a number of articles on the subject. In 2017 Irish Academic Press published his biography of the leading United Irishman Samuel Neilson (The Belfast Jacobin) and he is currently researching the impact of informers in the years leading up to the Rebellion of 1798.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/belfast/‘i-hope-the-defenders-have-rallied-to-you’-the-united-irishmen-defenders-and-popular-loyalism/200029592246900
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 50

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Belfast
- **state**: NI
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 54.60666
- **long**: -5.93173
- **full address**: 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom, 16a North Queen Street, Belfast, BT15 1ES, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is ‘I hope the Defenders have rallied to you’: The United Irishmen, Defenders and Popular Loyalism being held?
  - **A:** ‘I hope the Defenders have rallied to you’: The United Irishmen, Defenders and Popular Loyalism takes place on Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm at 2 North Queen Street , BT15 1ES Belfast, United Kingdom, 16a North Queen Street, Belfast, BT15 1ES, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing ‘I hope the Defenders have rallied to you’: The United Irishmen, Defenders and Popular Loyalism?
  - **A:** ‘I hope the Defenders have rallied to you’: The United Irishmen, Defenders and Popular Loyalism is organized by Clifton House Belfast.

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