Stock Photo - 'Battle of Ross. 'Come on boys her mouth's stopt'. 'The Battle of New Ross, County Wexford, was fought between the United Irishmen and British forces on June 5, 1798. A famous incident in the battle is depicted here; an old man stuffed his hat and wig into the mouth of a cannon and was blown apart moments later. Illustration by George Cruikshank. From History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; with Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803 by W. H. Maxwell. Published in London 1854.

Stock Photo: 'Battle of Ross. 'Come on boys her mouth's stopt'. 'The Battle of New Ross, County Wexford, was fought between the United Irishmen and British forces on June 5.

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