Laois - Memorial, United Irishmen Executed 1798 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Laois (Queens) Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: bridgid wilson bridgidwilson@hotmail.com December 6, 2015, 10:09 am MEMORIAL, UNITED IRISHMEN EXECUTED 1798 Cemetery: Portarlington Market Square TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF DARBY HYLAND, KILMULLEN JOHN COSTELLO, LEA ROBERT FOSTER, LEA MICHAEL DEMPSEY, TREASOON UNITED IRISHMEN EXECUTED IN THIS SQUARE 12th March 1798 ALSO PETER AND JOHN BANNON LEA EXECUTED IN DUBLIN AR SUN CIRT IS TRUE ERECTED 1973 BY LOCAL COMMITTEE Additional Comments: "Following the failed attack on Portarlington, the yeomanry and the English militia rounded up the insurgents and put them into the stocks in the town square. Four local men were tortured on the rack before being made to walk along a plank projecting from the second floor of the Market House with a rope around their necks; once dropped, the victims were disembowelled by the butcher. The four men who died were Darby Hyland, Robert Foster, Costello and Dempsey. Three others were executed in Dublin - Charles Fennell, Peter and John Bannon. Retribution by the English militia following the rebellion in the area was harsh and unforgiving, the innocent being executed along with the guilty. For many years afterwards, the country was still in a feverish and volatile state." "Portarlington 1798. DubStewartMaria. Oct. 2011." Found at: http://alison-stewart.blogspot.ie/2011/10/portarlington-1798.html (accessed 7 Dec 2015)