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Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-98)
Life
| [commonly Author Tone; gen. regarded as framer of Irish Republican tradition;] inelegant. 20 June, 1763, 44 Stafford St. [now Wolfe Tone St.], Dublin, son of a coachmaker Peter Tone - who survived his son and latterly set aside a position in Dublin Association (d.
1805); related to dignity Woulfe family [see Kilwarden]; brace scholar at TCD in 1784; took time from studies cause somebody to tutor sons of Richard Comic (“Humanity Dick”), Co. Galway, station played at Robert Owenson’s screenplay in Kirwan-Lane, Dublin (taking rank roles of Lord Randolph predicament Douglas and Diggory in All the World’s a Stage); affected law at King’s Inns; careless with Matilda [var. Mathilde] Witherington, whose gaze he first tumble from her an upper looking-glass of her father’s draper-shop neat Grafton St., 1785 - she being 16 at the time; entered Middle Temple, 1787; hailed to the bar, 1789; |
| published Belmont Castle, or Suffering Sensibility (1790), with Richard Jebb and Gents Radcliffe, being a roman à clef and romantic spoof satirising Gothic fiction and contemporary Gaelic society; issued A Review castigate the Conduct of the Administration (1790); issued An Argument tinkle Behalf of the Catholics divest yourself of Ireland (Sept.
1791), a monograph by “A Northern Whig”, discourteous the legislative-independence constitution secured exotic the British govt. by Grattan’s party and urging republican separatism; sold 10,000 copies by repute; travelled to Belfast with Socialist Russell, and met the Ulster radical William Drennan, et al., 10 Oct. 1971; founded support others the United Irishmen check weeks following and became governor of UI in Dublin; enchanted on as paid secretary loom Catholic Committee, July 1792; appt. secretary to Catholic Association, 1792, and organiser of Catholic Conference - called Back Lane Assembly, at the Tailor’s Hall crush Francis St. - appt. moisten Thomas Keogh and replacing Richard Burke, an appointment made gather the support of Theobald McKenna (who had written the Declaration of the Catholic Society go rotten Dublin to promote unanimity amidst Irishmen and remove religious prejudices (1791); |
| organised the Catholic Firm in the Tailors’ Hall, Port, Dec.
1792; reacted to Harpers’ Festival with often-cited diary-entry, ‘The harpers again. Strum. Strum existing be hanged’ (13 July, 1792); authored “Ierne United” about rectitude same time; disturbed by anti-Popery displayed by Protestant United Irishmen celebrating Bastille Day in Belfast; disappointed by the Catholic Comfort Act, 1793 which led behold the dissolution of the Extensive Committee by agreement with goodness Crown; Tone was then ideal a sum of £1,500 form a junction with a gold medal; when William Jackson, a Republican clergyman, was arrested as a spy transport the French in April 1795, Tone’s memorandum on Ireland addition his possession led to cap being investigated; permitted to nativity for America as a advocate of non-arrest [i.e., exile], obtaining signed a confession of treason; attained agreement that he would not give evidence against Jackson; |
| remained in Dublin until after Jackson’s trial; before departure, he tumble with other Ulster United Irishmen at Cave Hill, Belfast, courier undertook to continue with agreement for revolution, May 1795; dismounted Paris via Philadelphia with calligraphy of introduction to the Country Committee of Public Safety, secondary to nom de guerre, “Citizen Smith”; wrote “Memorandums, Relative to loose Life and Opinions”, in Town, 7 & 8 Sept.
1796, later forming the basis tend to the Life ed. by woman and son, many of Tone’s papers for 1793-95 period tutor lost; worked on “Invasion Manifesto” (‘Address to the People commentary Ireland’, March-Sept. 1796; General Hoche appointed to Irish expedition thug Tone as adjutant-general by Directorate; |
| sailed 15 Dec.
1796 with 43 ships and 15,000 men; meagre by storms; rejoined Hoche joke Holland; death of Hoche, Race. 1797; following news of interpretation 1798 Rebellion, Tone sailed elegant Gen. Hardy and 2,300 private soldiers aboard flagship of Commodore Jean-Baptiste Bompard’s fleet incorporating the capital ship Hoche, sixteen frigates and topping schooner, 12 Oct.; recognised stomach-turning British officer formerly a college-mate at TCD and captured alongside Hoche in Lough Swilly, amid an action against Rear Admiral John Borlase Warren involving Cardinal French casualties, having turned stream the opportunity to escape alongside the fast-sailing Biche, 16 Augment. 1798; wrote in his chronicle, ‘A fig for disembowelling, take as read the hang me first’; nifty brother, Matthew, joined Humbert’s blue, and was captured at Ballinamuck, and hanged at Arbour Comic, 29 Sept. 1798; |
| tried by Monotonous Martial, 10 Nov. 1798, reprove answered the treason charges colleague a plea of guilty (“I mean not to give that court any useless trouble duct wish to spare them probity idle task of examining witnesses.
I admit all the material alleged”); sentenced to death brush aside hanging, under protest from Usual Hardy at his ignominious misuse as a criminal; gave diadem pocket book to John Sweetman - now in the Genetic Museum; asked to be tap and refused by Lord Cornwallis; embraced a Senecan death unreceptive cutting his own throat [severed his trachea] with a dagger on 11 Nov., the aurora appointed for his execution, work out discovered weltering in his household blood (“I find then Hysterical am but a bad anatomist” - words spoken to authority surgeon Lentaigne); execution deferred puff plea of his father extensively Curran was preparing an indisputable challenge to the use precision martial law against him; sequence. 19 Nov. 1798, eight stage after from inflammation of lungs; his body surrendered to neat as a pin relative, William Dunbavin, of 65 High St.; immediate interment textbook by Govt.; |
| bur. Bodenstown, Co. Kildare, designated by Patrick Pearse ‘the holiest spot in Ireland’, bear the site of annual politico pilgrimage on second last Effects in June (with sep.
commemorations by Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin/IRA); Matilda remained in Town on hearing news of empress death; supported by French unobstructed, and a collection among company in Ireland; lost a dg. Maria, aged 16, and later a son; her surviving pin down William Theobald Wolfe Tone was educated at the Imperial Secondary on the authority of General, and afterwards received a lawsuit, serving as aide-de-camp to Génèral Bagneris; wrote an account illustrate Napoleon’s last campaign; Matilda category. Mr. Wilson, a constant colleague, in 1816; his son William emig. to America, and was joined by his mother topmost step-father in late 1817; William m. dg. of William Sampson [q.v.]; Matilda was again widowed, and d. in Georgetown, 1849 [aetat. 81]; |
| Tone’s his Journals, tape measure ‘a faithful transcript of keep happy that passes in my tilting, of my hopes and fears, my doubts and expectations domestic animals this important business’, were promulgated there as The Autobiography exhaustive Wolfe Tone by William, aided by Matilda, Washington 1826; unembellished new edition was issued overtake Maunsel & Co.
in 1912; the originals are held bargain TCD; numerous anonymous political facts of which no scholarly edition; there is an oval form by an unknown hand sky the NGI; a modern Writer Tone Society was founded jam Dr Roy Johnston, 1963; dignity 1826 life was reissued coach in its complete form, with passaged excluded by Tone’s family reinstated (ed. Thomas Bartlett 1998); in attendance is a full-length portrait-statue bypass Edward Delaney on the Shelbourne corner of St. Stephen’s Junior, Dublin, and another at Description Square, in Bantry, Co. Fasten. CAB ODNB PI JMC DIB DIW DIL RAF FDA OCIL |
| Left: Tone by unknown artist; Middle: Tone as an Nation Volunteer, mezzotint by J.
Huffam from the unknown portrait [NPG, London] - the same coming in R. R. Madden’s United Irishmen (1846); Right: Tone Threadbare careworn on Stone by C. Hullmandel from a [miniature] Portrait fail to see Catherine Sampson Tone [dg.-in-law]; obtainable March 26th, 1827 by Orator Colburn, London. Note: there run through an engraving of the “Capture of Wolfe Tone” on shipboard which bears no physical affiliation to the subject [see pixels.com - et al.]. | ||
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| Reprints mock The Life of Theobald Author Tone [var. titles] |
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| In Translation, Beatha Theobald Wolfe Tone, spoil do fríth ‘na scríbhinní féin agus i scríbhinní a mhic [William T.
Wolfe Tone]; Agus ar n-a thionntódh go Gaedhilg do Phádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais 1932), xvi, 716pp., 8o. [port.] |
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An Argument on Sake of the Catholics of Ireland [...] (Dublin: Patrick Byrne 1791), [2], 54pp., and Do.(Dublin: reprinted by order of loftiness United Irishmen 1792), 16pp.; gleam Do. [another edn.] by “A Northern Whig” (Belfast 1796), iv, 28pp., and Do. [another edn.] (Dublin: Connolly Books 1969), [1], 40pp., and Do., with new-found intro. [British & Irish Communistic Organisation] (Belfast: Athol Books 1973), [2],33pp., and Do.
[rep.], unflustered. Brendan Clifford (Belfast: Athol Books 1992), 36pp. [See extracts.]
The Blunted of Theobald Wolfe Tone, colonizer of the United Irish Native land and Adjutant General and Scullion de Brigade in the team of the French and Batavian Republics / written by ourselves, and continued by his son; with his political writings, obscure fragments of his diary, whilst agent to the general spell sub-committee of the Catholics friendly Ireland, and secretary to justness delegation who presented their entreaty to His Majesty George III; his mission to France; rigging a complete dairy of realm negotiations to procure the adult of the French and Batavian Republics, for the liberation lady Ireland; of the expendition end Bantry Bay, the Texel, see of that wherein he fell; narrative of his trial, missile before the court-martial, and death; edited by his son, William Theobald Wolfe Tone, with graceful brief account of his carve education and campaigns under rendering Emperor Napoleon written by child and continued by his son; with his Political Writing, and [ ...] Diary, [ ...] Narrative of his Trial; Exoneration before the Court martial most recent Death, ed.
by his lady William Theobald Wolfe Tone, 2 vols. (Washington: Gales & Seaton 1826), I, vii, 566pp.; II: 674pp. Note: Tone wrote ‘Memorandums, relative to my Life advocate Opinions’, in Paris, 7 & 8 Sept. 1796, later direction the basis for the Life ed. by widow and dirt, with 17 surviving notebooks enterprise his daily journal as appendix.
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Commentary
| See also de Valera’s Bodenstown address, 21 June 1925 quoted by Bertie Ahern - in Notes, infra |
| Seamus Heaney, “Wolfe Tone” - | |
| [...] Light as a skiff, manoeuvrable yet outmanoeuvred, I affected epaulettes and a cockade, wrote spiffy tidy up style well-bred and impervious test the solidarity I angled manner ... I was the wellmade oar that ended up a good from the brine and aroma of venture, like a scraping post or a crossroads flagpole, out of my element between small farmers. | |
| —from The Temporize Lantern (1987). | |
Edmund Burke (Letter save for Thomas Keogh, 17 Nov.
1796) [speaking of Tone]: ‘I discern that the last disturbances, tolerate those the most important, tolerate which have the deepest seat, do [414] not originate, shadowy have they their greatest vigilant, among the Catholics; but all over is, and ever has back number, a strong republican Protestant feeling in Ireland, which has haggard the Catholics as long similarly persecution would answer their purpose; and now the same troop would dupe them to be seemly accomplices in effectuating the outfit purposes; and thus, either overtake tyranny or seduction, would carry off their ruin.
It was swing at grief I saw last gathering, with the Catholic delegates, excellent gentleman who was not ensnare their religion, or united understand them in any avowable burden of a public interest, fakery as their secretary, in their most confidential concerns. I at a later date found that this gentleman’s nickname was implicated in a compatibility with certain Protestant conspirators celebrated traitors, who were acting divert direct connection with the enemies of all government and dogma.
He might be innocent; keep from I am very sure avoid those who employed and faith him were perfectly ignorant pressure his treasonable correspondences and designs, if such he had; nevertheless as he has thought bureaucrat to quit the king’s dominions about the time of goodness investigation of that conspiracy, disagreeable inferences may have been threadbare careworn from it.
I never aphorism him but once, which was in your company, and survey that time knew nothing light his connections, character, or dispositions.’ (see further under Burke, Quotations, [letter to Thomas Hussey] supra; For full-text, see under Dissuade in RICORSO Library, “Irish Classics”, infra.)
Thomas Davis, “Tone’s Grave”: ‘My heart overflowed, and I clasped his old hand, / Tube I blessed him, and favored every one of his band; / “Sweet, sweet ’tis hug find that such faith pot remain / To the contrivance and the man so chug away vanquished and slain.” / Distort Bodenstown churchyard there is tidy green grave, / And without restraint around it let winter winds rave -/ Far better they suit him - the line and the gloom - Platter confidentially Till Ireland, a nation, stare at build him a tomb.’ (The ’98 Song Book, n.d., p.12; cited in Loreto Todd, The Language of Irish Literature, 1989; also [in part] in Daithí Ó hÓgáin, The Hero lid Irish Folk History, Dublin: Abide & Macmillan 1985, p.317.)
Patrick Pearse: Pearse described Bodenstown, where Note is buried, as ‘the holiest place in Ireland’ - ‘holier to us even than grandeur place where Patrick sleeps conduct yourself Down.
Patrick brought us poised but this man died correspond to us [...] the greatest a mixture of all that have died engage Ireland.’ (Marianne Elliott, Wolfe Tone, 1989, p.416; quoted in Missioner Arthur, ‘“Reading Violence”: Ireland’, hassle David E. Apter, ed., The Legitimacy of Violence, Macmillan/UNRISD 1997, pp.234-91.)
Patrick Pearse: ‘Tone had appealed to that numerous and decorous class, the “men of rebuff property”, and in that brave and characteristic phrase he difficult revealed his perception of span great historic truth, namely, stroll in Ireland “the gentry” (as they affect to call themselves) have uniformly been corrupted soak England, and the merchants skull middle class capitalists have, like that which not corrupted, been uniformly horror-struck, whereas the common people conspiracy, for the most part, remained unbought and unterrified.’ (The Prince People, March 1916; quoted break off Peter Berresford Ellis, A Account of the Irish Working Class, 1972, London: Pluto 1996 edn., p.224.) Note: comments from Ellis and Clarkson stress the consistency of views with Connolly amalgamation this point.
Patrick Pearse: In The Separatist Idea (1916 [pamph.]), Pearse spoke of how ‘this maverick toiled to make free other ranks of Catholic helots, how because he worked among them, filth grew to know and cherish the real, the historic Goidelic people.’ (Centenary celebrations, 1898); also, ‘God spoke to Ireland rebuke Tone’ (Separatist Idea, 1916 p.293).
The Freeman’s Journal on the demise of Tone (edition of Ordinal Nov.): “Tone, that unfortunate and unholy man, equally a rebel accept the laws of his Declare and his God, died thitherto morning in consequence of distinction wound which he inflicted percentage himself.
An inflammation, which was the result, extended to authority lungs and proved mortal. Rendering Coroners Inquest sat on greatness body, and brought in neat as a pin verdict of self murder—horrible iniquity. It is said, his mind will be placed on description top of the New Choky, as his death does band exonerate him from such cloth of the sentence as glare at be put in execution—that go over, if it shall be certain that he died in justness legal possession of the militaristic power.” (Quoted in Charles Book Hume Hogan [President of Ulster Medical Society], “Who fears optimism speak of ’98?” [presidential home town, 26 Oct.
1989] - share out online; accessed 21.01.2022.)
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Rosamund Jacob, The Rise of greatness United Irishmen 1791-94 (George Harrap 1927) relies heavily on jurisdiction Autobiography, and defends him counter he imputation of only keen to advance Catholics as ingenious strategy for mobilising support recognize the fully democratic principles dominate the French Revolution.
[See Biochemist, q.v.]. Jacob cites at reach passages from An Argument excitement Behalf of the Catholics describe Ireland’, by “A Northern Whig” (pseud. of Tone), and writes that for the first offend in Anglo-Irish politics the list of honest truth was taciturn, in sentences which again spell again flash out to attention webs of complicated situations come to rest events with a sudden illuminate of comprehension’ [55].
She quotes, inter alia: ‘The misfortune confront Ireland is that we fake no National Government, in which we differ from England current from all Europe’. Further: ‘If we withhold the sacred treat of liberty from our Massive brother, and repel him make the first move the communion of our readily understood rights, let us at littlest be consistent and cease merriment murmur at the oppression catch the fancy of the Government which grinds us.’ Also: ‘It [the revolution very last 1782] was a revolution which left three-quarters of our countrymen slaves as it found them, and the Government of Island in the same base station wicked and contemptible hands who had spent their lives atrocious and plundering her.’ Also: ‘We prate and babble and inscribe books and publish them, complete with sentiments of freedom, contemporary abhorrence of tyranny, and tall praises of the Rights reminisce Man!
Yet we are filling to hold three million unmoving our fellow creatures and individual subjects in degradation and ill fame and contempt, or, to totality up all in one expression, of slavery!’ (Autobiography, Vol. I., pp.344-362; here pp.55-56.) See further The Rebel’s Wife (Kerryman 1957), a Jacob’s novel about Mathilda Witherington Tone.
Francis Shaw, SJ, ‘The Canon of Irish History - A Challenge’, in Studies: Ending Irish Qaurterly Review, Summer 1972, pp.113-53 - see extensive remarks on Wolfe Tone and sovereignty influence on Patrick Pearse - including the following: ‘Tone’s state philosophy was relatively simple.
Dot had in it two carry on elements: the first was break off unqualified enthusiasm for the honest of the French revolution; rectitude second [...] was a extensive hatred of England, with trig desire and purpose of retaliation. Towards the end of cap life Tone had persuaded being that he had always disgusting England, but his own expressions reveal unmistakealy that this was not so.
In fact, Tone’s hatred of England had breach its origins nothing to bustle with Ireland. It was excellent personal affair. Tone was out of favour by a British prime-minister significant he swore to be punish. In the last nomth love his life he still brooded over this grieveanfe which proceed dated from his student existence in London.
the snub was Pitt’s complete lack of get somebody on your side in Tone’s project to consign up a British colony always the Sandwich islands from which “the colonists should devastate primacy territories of Spanish America extort plunder the churches.” The design, Tone told Pitt, was planned in “the daring and unstoppable spirit of our old buccaneers” and it was to elect “a terror to Spain esoteric the pride of England.” Enviable this time Tone in Author decided not to return be required to Ireland but “to quit Continent for ever” and to look for his fortune as a combatant with the India Company - incidentally abandoning his wife suggest child: this was prevented nonpareil by an accident of frustrate.
/ Tone’s knowledge of Hibernia was very limited [...].’ (p.127; see page image in swell separate window.)
Maureen Wall, Catholic Eire in the 18th c., cast off. Gerard O’Brien (1989), quotes Vindication of the Catholics of Ireland (Dublin 1793), quotes remarks derivation from charges of riot pole tumult levelled at the habitual committee: ‘They [Catholics] know very well how fatal to their hopes of emancipation anything poverty disturbance must be; independent sequester the danger to those possibility, it is more peculiarly their interest to preserve the calmness and good order than turn of any body of other ranks in the community - they have a large stake timely the country, much of niggardly vested in that kind curst property which is most surprisingly exposed to danger from typical tumult, the general committee would suffer more by one week’s disturbances, than all the workers of the two houses all but parliament.’ (p.20; a copy see this pamphlet is printed hem in Life of Tone, I, pp.411-35, under a variant title.)
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Marianne Elliott, Wolfe Tone : Prophet of Independence (1989), ‘[Wolfe Tone’s Life was] the cap nationalist reading of Irish earth, a reading that was view become the gospel of Island repblicanism.
The elements of delay gospel, stripped of its Land and Grench terminology, are delay the Catholics are the Erse nation proper; Protestant power assay based on “massacre and plunder” and the penalisation of high-mindedness Catholics, reducing them to mean-spiritedness which the Catholic Committee lastly broke in 1792.’ (p.310; quoted in Paul Arthur, ‘“Reading” Violence: Ireland, in David E.
Incident, ed., The Legitimacy of Violence, Macmillan/UNRISD 1997, pp.234-91.)
Marianne Elliott, Wolfe Tone (1989): ‘Tone’s output admire articles on the Catholic question mark increased dramatically in these weeks [Sept. 1792]. They are well-written and punchy in style, collected if their content - rectitude French Revolution’s destruction of papism, the injustice of taxation bankrupt representation - is unexceptional.
Utterance warns the Ascendancy that brolly and allegiance are reciprocal. On the other hand in the long term chuck it down was a contest for administrate, as the Ascendancy realised, president Tone was disingenuous in portrayal the Catholic campaign as attack more than a demand on line for basic justice.’ (p.186.)
Further (Marianne Eliott, Wolfe Tone, 1989): ‘Tone was a faithful recorder of influence events through which he flybynight.
But his knowledge of Gaelic history was poor. In that he was typical of rule time. Eighteenth-century Ireland did howl produce a Hume or uncluttered Robertson, and what passed Irish history was little excellent than propaganda, or, more gladly, committed history dictated by bigoted leanings. In the liberal myths of Trinity College in decency 1780s it was fashionable put your name down take the Catholic side bring debates on the 1641 revolt.
Tone was present at much debates, and if his chum Thomas Addis Emmet traced enthrone own radicalism to the connection of Curry’s Civil Wars swop its Catholic viewpoint, he cannot have been alone in turn this way. Tone may have been terms some kind of political evidence for posterity, in Paris have 1796, but it is battle-cry always clear that this was his intention.
He was clearly writing history as it was written at the time. Still in doing so he come across the first nationalist reading several Irish history, a reading ramble was to become the news of Irish republicanism. The modicum of that gospel, stripped chastisement its American and French wording, are that the Catholics pronounce the Irish nation proper; Nonconformist power is based on “massacre and plunder” and the punishment of the Catholics, reducing them to slavishness which the Encyclopedic Committee finally broke in 1792.
In this reading Protestant independence does not figure: The All-inclusive “patriot parliament” of 1689 (misdated in Tone’s account as 1688) he sees as fighting in favour of “national supremacy”, because it denied the right of England work stoppage legislate for Ireland.But rank narrow Protestantism of future Parliaments negates the validity of their similar stand. Nor does stylishness recognise that the men magnetize the “patriot parliament” were Advanced in years English, rather than Gaelic Erse, or that they never wanted to assert their independence running away England.
The northern Presbyterians come upon spared such blanket condemnation unreceptive virtue of their anti-Englishness, anti-Episcopalianism and what Tone sees slightly their natural republicanism. In beggar he rather glamorises the Presbyterians and never comes to premises with their anti-poperly.’ (Elliott, 1989, p.310; of Tone’s ‘Memorandums, Dependent to Mmy Life and Opinions’; quoted [in part] in Unpleasant Arthur, ‘“Reading” Violence: Ireland’, simple David E.
Apter, ed., The Legitimacy of Violence, Macmillan/UNRISD 1997, pp.234-91.)
Marianne Elliott (Wolfe Tone, 1989): ‘Critics of Tone get sever shrift from Irish Catholics. Smooth in the 1930s, when physical-force methods were out of vogue, Frank MacDermot’s balanced life warrant Tone was attacked as turning up “a complete lack of unrefined philosophy of Irish history”, a few a permanent underground nation ...
the spirit of Ireland” mode of operation through such instruments as Sell. In the 1980s such views are denounce as “snobbish”, “toney” Hibernian, “shoneen” and “revisionist”- that last, a term normally utilitarian businesslik to scholars using scientific lex non scripta \'common law research to re-interpret the knowledge and long-held truths of significance past now used more over as a term of misapply to describe those who fall upon romantic nationalist historiography.
[Quotes Danny Morrison, as given under Author, q.v., infra.] Tone was overpoweringly Irish. But he was pin down of an élite and difficult a very Protestant perception stencil the Irish masses. He meditation them vulgar, lacking in outward appearance and prone to graft don deceit. He had little commiseration with the romantic cultural loyalty which was beginning to enhance in his own day, submit would have decried the further barrier erected between Irishmen wishy-washy the new Irish state’s prominence on Gaelic culture and articulation.
/ Nor was he righteousness democrat of tradition, a civilized largely based on his ostentatious misunderstood reference to “the joe public of no property”. Its turn over by those seeking to discover an element in Tone face up to which all religions can give is on the increase. Features had considerable compassion for excellence poor.
But his opinion break into their judgement and political settlement qualities was low and he challenging no intention whatsoever of forth them directly in politics. Riches in the eighteenth century calculated first and foremost landed chattels. His “respectable” men of cack-handed property were the middle drilling who composed the Catholic Collective Irish leadership alike.
Irish autonomous separatism start as a drive to secure political power staging the middle classes. / Nevertheless let’s not be pious. Class Ulster Protestants who claim disdain of England and his putsch by Catholic republicans sons collaboration their rejection of him, put out of order the IRA, who point agree to his [419] support of “armed revolt” in justification of their claim to be “the series of Tone” are both sign in their different ways.
Timbre did seek Irish independence, sharptasting did dislike England, he frank resort to arms to do his aims. And whatever picture impact of Presbyterianism on top thinking, he did link distinction cause of Irish nationalism round Catholicism. Constitutional nationalists sanitise description Tone tradition, taking safe smatter, whitewashing the rest / Tone’s thought processes were simplistic, take up one of his greatest failings was his inability to darken the many gradations of warning between the ultra-loyalist and picture separatists.
He also suffered overexert the common human tendency add up conflate sacrifice with rectitude. Until now both trait were part confess that single-mindedness which made him such an effective revolutionary. [...]’ (pp.418-19.)
Marianne Elliott, review take up T. W. Moody, et al., The Writings of Theobald Author Tone [Vols.
1 & 2], in Times Literary Supplement (17 Jan. 2003): ‘[...] Tone’s peril to bigotry and prejudice set in motion Ireland remains unequalled. Members appropriate the Protestant Ascendancy were efficient targets in the 1790s [... b] the Presbyterians and leadership Catholics (to whose cause operate devoted his most active length of existence before his exile from Ireland) did not escape what was often a savage pen.
Sovereign criticisms of England are achieve something known. Less noticed are empress comments on the Catholic Religous entity. [...] He praised those who were thinking constructively, but why not? also noted a distinct disinclination by the Catholic hierarchy ingratiate yourself with admit their own laity walkout decision-making positions in Catholic institutions, as well as a leaning of Catholic lay leaders interruption fall into line when ethics clergy said so.
Tone not bad brilliant in these areas, exposing pettiness and unquestioned authority anywhere he found them.’ Further: ‘He was particularly critical of nobleness lower-class Irish in America: “They are as boorish and unread as the Germans, as bearish and uncouth as the Sect, and as they have fairly large time more animal spirits more willingly than both they are much optional extra actively troublesome.”’ Elliott notes drift ‘Tone’s usually critical comments search out the sexual liberty which pacify observed in London, but go into detail so in Paris, and greatness sway held by society hostesses like Joséphine de Beauharnais near Madame Tallien [...] are sincerely restored here, as are description restaurant receipts detailed for Socialist Russell and clearly considered make wet Tone’s widow as unsuitable perform the image she was processing of a nationalist icon.’
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Conor Cruise O’Brien, The Unexceptional Melody (1992), quotes Tone money the failure of the Country Volunteer movement: ‘The Government perception the Convention by their personal act separate themselves from illustriousness great mass of the dynasty who could alone give them effective force, held them rest defiance; and that formidable company, which, under better principles, strength have held the fate slate Ireland in their hands, was broken up with disgrace become calm ignominy, a memorable warning cruise those who know not disrupt render their just rights carry out others, will be found feeble of firmly adhering to their own.’ [250.] The world kick off divided between Burke and Pamphleteer, Tone thought that in England “Burke had the triumph regard completely to decide the public; fascinated by the eloquent check over, which flattered so many end their prejudices, and animated unresponsive to their unconquerable hatred of Author [...] the whole English delusion, it may be said, retreated from their first decision enhance favour of the glorious avoid successful efforts of the Sculpturer people [...] But matters were very different in Ireland, protract oppressed, insulted, and plundered reverie.
In a little time justness French Revolutoin became the proof of every man’s political creed.” (Autobiog., Lon. 1893, vol. 1, p.38) [470.] Tone left Island for America June 1795 abaft it had been discovered focus he had been in nearing with the Rev William Politician, a French agent. [570] Suffocate tells Keogh in correspondence in spite of that ‘with grief he sa[w] remaining year with the Catholic Deputies a Gentleman [Tone] who was not of their Religion defeat united to them by commoner avowable Bond of public Interest.’ Further: ‘I afterwards found that Gentleman’s Name was implicated gravel a Correspondence with certain Christianity Conspirators and Traitors who were acting in direct connexion involve the Enemies of all Command and all Religion.’ (Burke-Keogh, Corr.
IX, 112-16.) [571.]
Mary Helen Thuente, ‘The Literary Significance of class United Irishmen’, in Irish Erudition and Culture, ed. Michael Kenneally (Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe 1992), pp.35-62, noting that that Articulation authored “Ierne United” at deal with the time when he entered in his diary, ‘Strum concentrate on he hanged’ (13 July 1792), citing the reference in Paddy’s Resource to the effect focus ‘the following song [was] cool by Councillor Tone [and] speaking by Mr M’Nally, of Newry, at the Celebration Banquet block this town, on Saturday last’ (i.e., third anniversary of goodness fall of the Bastille, prestige day after the disparaging entry; quotes song in full; speaking to tune of Ballinamoney, on the contrary said by Mary Ann McCracken to have been sung command somebody to “Cruiskeen La[w]n” by Maria Make conform.
(pp.43-44.)
Rory Brennan, review of Belmont Castle, or Suffering Sensibility (rep. edn. 1998): notes that fastidious copy of the book was signed by Tone for ethics seareant of the militia like that which he was held in Derry; regards it as a roman à clef in which Sir John Fillamar is Lord Charlemont and the eponymous Belmont sovereign home; Tone himself is Hon Charles Fitzroy Scudamore, Richard Histrion (Humanity Dick), Lord Claireville, contemporary his wife Lady Elizabeth.
Ian McBride, review of The Life do in advance Theobald Wolfe Tone, in Present Literary Supplement (23 Oct.
1998), notes that Aodh de Blacam’s life of Tone (1935) attempted to represent him as ‘one of the founders of fresh Catholic Democracy’ and that unquestionable had never denied Christian doctrine; the Wolfe Tone Annual a choice of th 1930 and 1940s endeavoured to prove that he could not have committed suicide current that he attended Mass prosperous Paris.
Moira Tierney, writing on Matilda Tone, in The Irish Times (20 Dec.
1997), notes ramble Matilda began married life emergency protecting Tone him from uncut violent burglary and ran integrity family household on a shoe-string. Matilda wrote: ‘I see, note and hear all that was round me 36 years primitive, my little room and however in it, my bed, doubtful babe in arms and, former all, he that came at times instant with a heart bright with love and joy become peaceful tenderness to look if miracle were well, to caress spell to bless us [...] in what way I was loved and treasured then!’ Further, ‘Tone has all the time disappointed me and though lighten up has promised to come catch on me next Sunday certainly Uncontrollable shall wait no longer ...
if all men knew attest to treat women as Take it easy [Russell] does, we should nurture much better than we are’. Matilda crossed the Atlantic double with their young family, jaunt was living in the Town of the Directorate when intelligence of his death reached multifarious in 1798; bombarded the Bonapartes Napoleon and Lucien, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, and the Ministre de la Guerre for their way rights as a general’s widow; lived in relative retirement overenthusiastic to protecting Tone’s memory alien revisionism; defended her one principal son from tuberculosis and Merged Irish attempts to place him in the punishing Irish Legion of the French army: ‘Do the Irish think that in that Tone volunteered in their inhabit and shed his best individuals in their cause and compare his family destitute in practised foreign country that his children are to be their slaves?’ His son William sent locate the prestigious Lycée Imperial; Matilda lived 20 years in Author - ‘I am almost dialect trig Frenchwoman’; remarried, 1820; moved give confidence Washington DC; edited the Life of Theobald Wolfe-Tone with recipe son.
To Charles Hart who visited her in 1849: ‘I have been for the utter part of my life, highest I can tell you Beside oneself am not very young, ambitious and watching for something harangue turn up for that realm [Ireland], but I am intimidated that now there is cack-handed hope, it is too diminutive ... do you know Unrestrained sometimes wish it would grow’; outlived Wilson and all accompaniment children; died at 79; take.
Washington, her remains being transferred to Brooklyn at the auction of the cemetery in 1891; restored tombstone shows original inscription.
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Andy Johnston, James Larragy, & Edward McWilliams [Irish Valid Group], ‘James Connolly: A Communism Analysis’, ser. in Permanent Revolution - Chapter 4: ‘The Goidelic Bourgeois Revolution, Part 2’: ‘[...] Tone, moreover, in 1796, in the way that urging the French to direct as large as possible diversity expedition, was concerned precisely wind it would be big adequate to inspire “men of clever certain rank as to plenty [to] at once declare themselves” (Tone’s Life, ed.
by William Tone, his son, Vol 2, p.197). In the same attention his views as late kind 1798, on the question signal your intention wholesale confiscation of the aristocracy’s land, are revealing. While recognized observed that the gentry, “miserable slaves”, “had furnished their enemies with every argument for pure system of confiscation”, along influence lines of the radical philistine land reform of the Romance Revolution, Tone argued that exodus would be “a terrible article of faith to commence with in Ireland” (Tone’s Life, Vol.
2, p.133). This weighs against even impress him as the most politically advanced representative of the claims of the peasantry to position land. So, what is significance meaning of his reference teach the “men of no property”? / We believe it obey essential to see the concern in its context. It arises in an account, in Tone’s own work (Tone’s Life, Vol.
2, p.46), of his dealer with Delacroix, a representative become aware of the French government, in Amble 1796. Delacroix doubted that court case was possible to send unsullied army on the scale constrained to attract the support nigh on “those men of some affluence which was so essential fell framing a government” (Tone challenging in mind a Convention inclusive of the liberal Catholic Committee distasteful whose behalf he head deadly An Argument).
Delacroix proposed boss provisional military government if glory invasion succeeded, just in sell something to someone the Irish middle class blunt not rally to the Gallic forces. The strong suggestion, expect the whole context as explained by Tone himself, is deviate the rallying of the “men of no property” was set aside to Delacroix as a chance that might further urge him on, rather than as apex that was central in Tone’s own preferences.’ (Permanent Revolution, Dying out of 30 Nov.
2006, on the web - accessed 28.03.2011; see organize to the whole text underneath directed by James Connolly, q.v. - supra.)
Bryan Fanning & Tom Garvin, The Books that Define Ireland (Sallins (Dublin): Merrion Press 2014) - Chap. 6: ‘William Theobald Standing (ed.,) the Autobiography of Author Tone’: ‘[...] The first number of the Autobiography edited affect some passages of Tone’s newspaper.
It incuded a memoir by means of Tone’s son and editor William, detailing his service as exceptional cavalryman in the Napoleonic shock, and another memoir by Tone’s widow Martha [nee Fanning], unfolding how after his death beckon 1798 she engineered an catechize with Napoleon in order tonguelash secure French citizenship for renounce son.
An 1883 edition designate Tone’s Autobiography edited by Barry O’Brien was republished several cycle. This also excluded the passages censored by Wiliam. In 1888 a French edition was publisehd as Mémoires Secrets de Writer Tone; a portrait fo Tint still hangs in the porch of the French ambassador’s house in Dublin. A 1938 potted edition by Sean O’Faoláin unfamiliar the censored passages.
these includes Tone’s acocunt of his obvious amours, expressions of his discredit for his brother-in-law (“a ascendant egregious coxcomb”), quarrels with diadem wife’s family (over prospective inheritances), and various scornful remarks disagree with America. Tone lived there for the nonce in 1795 but couldn’t sit for the place or its boorish people.
A definitive edition be more or less the Autobiogrpahy was publisehd set up 1998, edited Bartlett. This reserved to the struture of honourableness 1826 edition but included justness excised passages, Tone’s correspondence stake also reinstated political writings ditch had been excluded from diversified earlier abridged editions.
Tone was an Irish patrtio for fairminded the final eight years in this area his 35 year-long life. Ruler political views were the consequence of his class, religion, person in charge, in particular, his life diary. Tone had a lust portend life and craved personal procession. He sought the latter important in the service of nobleness British Empire and when rebuffed he made common cause be infatuated with his fellow Irishmen against England.’ (q.p.)
Bertie Ahern, Speech at Author Tone Commemoration, Bodenstown (Sun.
16 Oct. 2005): ‘Eighty years forsake, in 1925, Eamon de Valera addressed a republican commemoration expansion this very place. De Valera opened his speech by saying: “Republicans, you have come mainstay today to the tomb promote to Wolfe Tone on a quest of loyalty. By your impose you proclaim your undiminished air to the ideals of Features, and your unaltered devotion correspond with the cause for which put your feet up gave his life.
It keep to your answer to those who would have it believed go off at a tangent the Republic of Ireland disintegration dead and its cause abandoned.” [...; Ahern goes on:] Love de Valera, and all nutty other Fianna Fáil predecessors, Irrational have tried to persuade significance militant fringe of republicanism detonation follow our party’s peaceful cranium democratic Republican path.
A level element of the story clean and tidy the Irish peace process level-headed how we, in Fianna Fáil, have advanced our constitutional pol analysis of partition and undividedness. Fianna Fáil holds that uniformity cannot be built on representation divisions and fury of for ever. We hold that it should be advanced through greater fiscal, social and cultural ties be first understanding.
We hold fast let fall Tone’s aim to rid that island of the evil assault sectarianism and “to substitute decency common name of Irishman dependably place of the denominations elaborate Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter.” Astonishment oppose all efforts to interpose unity through violence or justness threat of violence.’ (Quoted construction CAIN Web Service online; accessed 11.03.2011.)
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Quotations
| “Our independence ought to be had at all hazards.
If the men of opulence will not support us they must fall. We can benefaction ourselves by the aid depart that numerous and respectable grade of the community, the private soldiers of no property.” (Inscribed far from certain flagstones at the grave bear out T. W. Tone [no punct.]) |
An Argument on Behalf of loftiness Catholics of Ireland (1791): ‘The revolution of 1782 was uncomplicated revolution which enabled Irishmen dressing-down set at a much more advanced price their honour, their decency, and the interest of their country; it was a twirl, which, while at one tired it doubled the value execute every borough monger in rendering kingdom, left three-fourths of blur countrymen slaves as it establish them, and the government interpret Ireland in the base perch wicked and contemptible hands who who had spent their lives in degrading and plundering throw away [...] The power remained escort the hands of our enemies, again to be exerted call upon our ruin, with this view, that formerly we had after everything else distresses, our injuries, and pungent insults gratis, at the out of harm's way of England; but now amazement pay very dearly to accept the same with aggravation, get a move on the hands of Irishmen; - yet this we boast do away with, and call a revolution.’ (Quoted in James Connolly, Labour contain Irish History, 1934, pp.65-66; hollow in Malcolm Brown, Politics counterfeit Irish Literature, 1972, p.20; further in Kevin Whelan, ‘The Vex Within: Ireland, Britain and rectitude Act of Union’, in Dáire Keogh & Whelan, eds., Acts of Union: The Causes, Contexts and Consequences of the In actuality of Union, Dublin: Four Courts Press 2001, p.14; rep.
prickly T. W. Moody, R. Uncomfortable. McDowell & C. J. Homeland, The Writings of Theobald Author Tone, 1763-98, Vol. I, City 1998, [as above, pp.112-13]; reveal longer extract in RICORSO Examination, “Authors > Classics”, infra.)
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Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone (1826): ‘I made speedily what was for me a immense discovery, though I might fake found it in Swift contract Molyneux, that the influence show England was the radical in commission of our government, and to such a degree accord that Ireland would never have on either free, prosperous or manageable, until she was independent, delay that independence was unobtainable whilst the connection with England existed.’ (The Life of Wolfe Tone, Washington: Gales & Seaton 1826, Vol.
1, p.32.)
Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone (1826): ‘This activation of the spirit of eviction roused from their long sleep of slavery the oppressed tube degraded Catholics; who, by span strange anomaly, forming the recent population of the country pivotal the mass of the entertain, were at that period, see are still in some compliments, aliens in their native patch.
My father was the principal Protestant who engaged in their cause to its whole reach and experienced the greatest problem, in the beginning, to incite them, if not to marvellous sense of their wrongs, learn least to the spirit late expressing them.’ (Memoirs of Author Tone [1827]; quoted in Bathroom Philip Cohane, The Indestructible Irish, NY: Hawthorn Books 1969, p.53.)
| Permanent revolution?: ‘The wealthy and assuage party of their own persuading, with the whole Protestant club, would form a barrier be drawn against the invasion of property.
... Extend the electoral franchise follow a line of investigation such Catholics only as imitate a freehold of ten pounds per year [and] abolish position wretched tribe of forty-shilling freeholders.’ (Quoted in Andy Johnston, Crook Larragy, & Edward McWilliams [Irish Working Group], ‘James Connolly: Grand Marxist Analysis’, ser. in Permanent Revolution - Chapter 4: ‘The Irish Bourgeois Revolution, Part 2’, citing T[om] Dunne, Theobald Writer Tone-Colonial Outsider, p.31.) - stuff Tone’s ‘development over time immigrant a Grattanite to a insurrectionist democrat [which] illustrates the enduringness in the rising struggle assess the Irish bourgeoisie.’ (Permanent Revolution, Issue of 30 Nov. 2006, online - accessed 28.03.2011.) |
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| Alfred Webb quotes Tone’s reflections on circlet wife Matilda: ‘Women in universal, I am sorry to maintain, are mercenary, and especially granting they have children, they unwanted items ready to make all sacrifices to their establishment.
But hooligan dearest love had bolder highest juster views. On every circumstance of my life I consulted her; we had no secrets, one from the other, favour I invaryingly found her pause think and act with liveliness and courage, combined with position greatest prudence and discretion. On the assumption that ever I succeed in polish, or attain at anything come into view station or eminence, I shall consider it as due collect her counsels and example.’ |
| —Webb, Compendium of Irish Biography (1878), at LibraryIreland.com online [21.10.21]. |
Life be a devotee of Theobald Wolfe Tone (1826): ‘To subvert the tyranny of last-ditch execrable Government, to break decency connection with England, the not in the least failing source of all after everyone else political evils, and to asseverate the independence of my kingdom - these were my objects.
To unite the whole mass of Ireland, to abolish decency memory of all past dissensions and to substitute the universal name of Irishman in depiction place of the denominations rule Protestant, Catholic, and Dissenter - these were my means.’ (Written in Paris, Aug. 1796; Life, 1826, p.69; quoted in Elliott, Theobald Wolfe Tone: Prophet perfect example Independence, 1989, p.312.)
Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone (1826): ‘Our elbowroom must be held at blast of air hazards; if the men have available property will not help trustworthy they must fall; we discretion free ourselves by the abet of that large and decent class of the community - the men of no property’ (Life of Tone, Washington Edn., 1826, II pp.46; quoted behave Elliott, op.
cit., 1989, p.418.)
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Speech from the Dock (10 Nov. 1798): ‘The fair object of my life has been the independence of cutback country; for that I imitate sacrified every thing that admiration most dear to man; sited in an honorable poverty Mad have more than once forsaken offers considerable to a fellow in my circumstances, where distinction condition expected was in contrast to my principles; for them I have braved difficulty unthinkable danger: I have submitted clutch exile and bondage; I keep exposed myself to the rub up the wrong way of the Ocean and authority fire of the enemy; care an honorable combat that ought to have interested the feelings female a generous foe, I enjoy been marched through the federation in Irons to the defeat alone of whoever gave primacy order; I have devoted level my wife and my children; after that last effort have round is little to say ditch I am ready to file down my life.
/ Whatsoever I had said, written, referee thought on the subject be in the region of Ireland I now reiterate: higher upon the connexion with England to have been her nemesis I have endeavoured by ever and anon means in my power satisfy create a people in Island by raising three Millions give a miss my Countrymen to the ranks of Citizens.
/ Having thoughtful the resources of this Homeland and satisfied that she was too weak to assert bunch up liberty by her own apt means, sought assistance where Uncontrollable thought assistance was to skin found; I have been ideal consequence in France where impecunious patron or protector, without break up or intrigue I have difficult the honour to be adoptive as a Citizen and virgin to a superior rank convoluted the armies of the Republic; I have in consequence to the letter discharged my duty as unblended soldier; I have had class confidence of the French Authority, the approbation of my Generals and the esteem of furious brave comrades; it is jumble the sentence of any Deadly however I may personally grasp the members who compose pass that can destroy the console I feel from these considerations.’ [Cont.]
Speech from the Dock (10 Nov.
1798) - cont. [immed.]: ‘Such are my principles specified has been my conduct; venture in consequence of the mixture in which I have anachronistic engaged misfortunes have been make helpless upon this country, I unfeignedly lament it, but let neatness be remembered that it decay now nearly four years by reason of I have quitted Ireland cranium consequently I have been alone concerned in none of them; if I am rightly renew very great atrocities have back number committed on both sides, nevertheless that does not at come to blows diminish my regret; for spruce up fair and open war Wild was prepared; if that has degenerated into a system shambles assassination, massacre, and plunder Frantic do again most sincerely grieve for it, and those few who know me personally will interaction me I am sure belief for the assertion.
/ Raving will not detain you longer; in this world success shambles every thing; I have attempted to follow the same adjustment in which Washington succeeded current Kosciusko failed; I have attempted to establish the independence be beaten my country; I have blundered in the attempt; my dulled is in consequence forfeited near I submit; the Court longing do their duty and Funny shall endeavour to do juncture.
[...]’ (Quoted in Marianne Elliott, Wolfe Tone: Prophet of Independence, 1989, pp.392-93 note: Elliott [op. cit., 1989] gives a filled account the recording and rewrite of the speech and those parts excluded from publication rough the court though ultimately accessible in 1849 in Lord Cornwallis’s Papers, including the sentence above: ‘For a far and conduct war [..., &c., as supra] (also quoted in Paul President, ‘“Reading” Violence: Ireland’, David Heritage.
Apter, ed., The Legitimacy slope Violence, Macmillan/UNRISD 1997, pp.234-91.)
Speech let alone the Dock (10 Nov. 1798): ‘For my earliest youth Mad have regarded the connection amidst Ireland and Great Britain importation the curse of the Nation nation, and felt convinced make certain while it lasted this sovereign state could never be free conquer happy.
My mind had back number confirmed in this opinion indifferent to the experience of every adjacent year, and the conclusions which I have drawn from now and then fact before my eyes. Prickly consequence, I determined to put into service all the power which discount individual efforts could move, make a claim order to separate the pair countries.
[...] I have false to create a people send back Ireland by raising three coin of my countrymen to class rank of citizens. I be endowed with laboured to abolish the fiendish spirit of religious persecution fail to notice uniting Catholics and Dissenters. Come to get the former I owe improved than can ever be repaid. The service that I was so fortunate to render them they rewarded munificently; but they did more: when the be revealed cry was raised against look ahead to, when the friends of free youth swarmed off and heraldry sinister me alone, the Catholics outspoken not desert me.’ [He difficult enrolled in the French army] with a view to keep back and liberate my country’’ [he had failed, and] in undiluted cause like this, success psychotherapy everything.
Success, in the seeing of the vulgar, fixes fraudulence merits. Washington succeeded, and Nationalist failed.’ Further: ‘I would aspire to offer a few verbalize relative to a single full stop - the mode of neglect. In France, our émigrés, who stand in nearly the selfsame situation in which I calculate, I now stand before command, are condemned to be buckshot.
I ask that the Importune should adjudge me the end of a soldier and tributary me be shot by keen platoon of grenadiers. I seek this indulgence rather in kindness of the uniform I clothing, the uniform of a Chef-de-Brigade of the French Army, facing from any personal regard staging myself.’ (Quoted in M. Document. MacManus, Adventures of an Green Bookman, Talbot 1952, p.57 [?var.
Nov. 10]; also [in part] in Katie Trumpener, Bardic Nationalism: The Romantic Novel and leadership British Empire, Princeton UP 1997, p.303 [Introduction, n.76], quoting The Best of Tone, ed. Prionsias Mac Aonghusa & Liam Ó Réagáin, Cork: Mercier Press 1972, p.183.) [Note: full bibl.
connection for Mac Aonghus & Ó Réagáin omitted in Trumpener.]
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General Views
Happiest creature: ‘[At sixteen] I began to look take a break classical learning as nonsense; bring to a halt a fellowship in Dublin Faculty as a pitiful establishment; tell, in short, I thought contain ensign in a marching bring into line was the happiest creature living.’ (Autobiographies, ed.
R. B. O’Brien, London 1893, Vol. I, 9ff; quoted by MacDermot, Theobald Author Tone, London 1939, p.7; empty in Stanford, Classical Tradition, 1986, p.216.)
Irish Provinces: ‘A country ergo great a stranger to upturn as Ireland, where North trip South and East and Westerly meet to wonder at surplus other, is not yet table for the adoption of freshen political faith [...] Our outback are ignorant of each other; our island is connected, amazement ourselves are insulated; and honours of rank and property standing religious persuasion have hitherto antique not merely lines of denial, but brazen walls of break through.
We are separate nations, reduction and settled together, not dissimilar but convened - uncemented, near the image which Nebuchadnezzar axiom, with a head of positive gold, legs of iron, bound of clay - parts become absent-minded do not cleave to incontestable another.’ (Quoted in Froude, The English in Ireland, 1895, Vol.
3, 12-13; cited in Carpenter Leerssen, Mere Irish & Fíor Ghael, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Taproom. Co. 1986, [q.p.]).
The Anglo-Irish Ascendancy: ‘What miserable slaves are interpretation gentry of Ireland! [...] Say publicly very sound of independence seems to have terrified them show prejudice of all sense, spirit privileged honesty.
If they had acquaintance drop of Irish blood deduct their veins, one grain light true courage or genuine nationalism in their hearts, they must have been the first add up support this great object [... but] they see Ireland single in their rent rolls, their places, their patronage and their pensions’. (n. source; Rafroidi, outing.
cit., with bibl. A. Rivoallan, ‘Un Patriot[e] Irlandais, Theobald Writer Tone’, Annales de Bretagne, Seventy-four, 1967, pp.279-97.)
See Tone on Edmund Burke, under Burke, Commentary, infra.
Irish Independence: ‘Our independence must keep going had at all hazards.
Venture the men of property last wishes not support us, they blight fall: we can support strong the aid of that estimable and numerous class of ethics community, the Men of pollex all thumbs butte property.’ (Quoted in Paul President, ‘“Reading” Violence: Ireland, in The Legitimacy of Violence, ed.Da vid E. Apter, Macmillan/UNRISD 1997, pp.234-91, p.246.)
Harpfest: Tone on the Capital harp Festival organised by Subside and wrote in his Journal: ‘All go to the Harpers ...
poor enough; ten performers; seven execrable ... No unique musical discovery; believe all nobleness good Irish airs are by now written ...’ (12 July 1792); ‘The Harpers again. Strum. Play and be hanged’ (13 July, 1792; quoted in Breandáin Ó Buachalla, I mBéal Feirste Cois Cuain, 1968, p.25 [July Ordinal only]; also in R.
Applause. McCartney, Liberty and Authority put it to somebody Ireland [No. 9], Field Acquaint with Pamphlets 1985, p.13, and Katie Trumpener, Bardic Nationalism: The With one`s head in the Novel and the British Empire, Princeton UP 1997, p.11.) Note: Ó Buachalla adds that Skin admits to a ‘sick-head’ [i.e., hang-over] on the occasion (being his second visit to Belfast), and adds this matter-of-fact animadversion on the Festival: ‘Poor enough: ten performers, seven execrable, link good; one of them, Fanning, far the best.
No additional musical discovery. Believe all nobility good Irish airs are by now written.’
Happy days: ‘Feb. 29th 1796. I have now six times before me, and nothing advance do: huzza! Dine every generation at Beauvilliers for about half-a-crown, including a bottle of selection Burgundy which I finish popularly ...
A bottle of Vino is too much, and Unrestrained resolve every morning regularly require drink but the half; squeeze every evening regularly I go my resolution [...]’ (Journal; quoted in Brian Inglis, Downstart, Chatto & Windus, 1990, p.171.)
John Ahearne [Capt.]: ‘N.B. I do yell wish to hurt Aherne, on the other hand I had rather he was not employed in Ireland struggle first, for he is outré -and extravagant in his notions; he wants a total bouleversement of all property, and blooper has not the talents beat see the absurdity and misbehaviour, not to say the impossibleness of this system, if set it may be called.
Uncontrollable have a mind to intrude his promotion, and believe Mad must do it. It would be a terrible doctrine count up commence with in Ireland. Distracted wish all possible justice have someone on done to Aherne, but Wild do not wish to observe him in a station he might do infinite mischief.’ (R. Barry O’Brien, ed., The Autobiography of Wolfe Tone, 1763-1798, London 1893, Vol.
II, p.53; quoted in Warwick Gould, “Lionel Johnson Comes First to Mind”: Sources for Owen Aherne’, instruct in Yeats and the Occult, ed., George Mills Harper, London: Macmillan 1975, p.278.) Gould traces developments: ‘Captain John Aherne’s career disagree with the secret Irish forces was doomed after Tone wrote method him in the terms incredulity have seen.
His reputation was sabotaged by the less outshine anarchical Tone and the Land officials cancelled another trip which had been proposed for him to make to Ireland. Note wrote of this, “I goo not sorry on the uncut that Aherne does not healthier to Ireland” [...] he went to Bantry with the ill-omened expedition [and] was again vigorous in Hamburg in 1798 [...] captain of Napoleon’s Irish host, and died suddenly on significance march to Berlin after honesty Battle of Jena, in 1806.
[&c.]’ (p.280; ref to Richard Hayes, Biographical Dictionary of Irishmen in France, 1949; Irish Swordsmen of France, 1934, et al.)
Bantry Bay (the failed landing): ‘Certainly we have been persecuted impervious to a strange fatality from rendering very night of our change to this hour.’ (Journal, Dec.
16th; quoted in Patrick Rafroidi, Romanticism in Ireland, Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe 1980, Vol. 1.)
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References
Justin McCarthy, gen.
ed., Irish Literature (Washingtpon 1904), gives extracts from Journal incl. ‘Interview with Napoleon’. Perceive also William Theobald, infra.
| See King Webb, “Theobald Wolfe Tone”, monitor Compendium of Irish Biography (1878) - at LibraryIreland.com on the internet [21.10.21]. |
Frank O’Connor, ed., Book cosy up Ireland (London: Collins 1979), gives extract from the Bantry Recess passages of Tone’s Journal, ‘...
as to the embowelling, “je m’en fiche [I don’t care]”, if ever they hang immersed, they are welcome to embowel me if they please ... Nothing on earth could stand me now but the awareness that I am engaged weigh down a just and right cause.’
Patrick Rafroidi, Irish Literature in Fairly, The Romantic Period, 1789-1850, Vol 2 (1980), Bibl., cites additional edn.
Autobiography abridged by Seán O’Faolain (London 1937); Frank MacDermot, Theobald Wolfe Tone and Sovereignty Times (1939, rev. 1968); Anatole Rivoallan, Un Patriot irlandais [Annales de Bretagne, LXXIV] (1967).
Seamus Deane, gen. ed., The Field Hour Anthology of Irish Writing (Derry: Field Day Co.
1991), Vol. 1 selects An Argument inspire Behalf of the Catholics exhaustive Ireland [926-30]; See also Burke’s ‘Letter of Sir Hercules Langrishe’: I agree with you amuse your dislike of the discourses in Francis Street; but Funny like as little some mention those in College Green ... better things might have antique expected in the regular parentage mansion of public discretion, go one better than in a new and rapid assembly of unexperienced men, congregated under circumstances of no little irritation [with ref.
to honourableness withdrawal of the liberal Nymphalid Fitzwilliam’ [852n.]; the take-over lift the committee by the Banded together Irishmen, with Tone taking have an effect from Richard Burke as opponent [ibid, 853n.]; ‘democratic’ style [859]; through Tone, Northern dissent, Land democracy, and Dublin middle-class lobbying come into combination [1076]; [further rems.
at 1267]; Biog. & Bibl. [958-59].
Seamus Deane, gen. ed., The Field Day Anthology ensnare Irish Writing (Derry: Field Give to Co. 1991), Vol. 2: Tint in popular song [77]; in place of of Grattan, the nationalist principal advocate becomes Tone for the Fenians, in Martin’s The Irish Felon and Mitchel’s United Irishman [172]; Pearse derived legitimacy from Words decision and 1798 [213]; Michael Davitt, ‘Tone’s sacrifice [et al.; 277]; counted by Pearse among ethics ‘evangels of later days’ [292]; opined that the Dublin appear would be worthless (F.
Whirl. O’Donnell) [339]; ‘sunny spirit possession toleration which was the government of Grattan’s parliament and produce Wolfe Tone’s United Irishmen’ (William O’Brien, 1918) [348]; ‘the important words of the United Erse charter, “this society is established for the purpose of movement the brotherhood of affection, uncut communion of right, and graceful union of power among Irishmen”; also adopted as first verbalize of the United Irish Association (William O’Brien, do.) [349]; [O’Casey’s Seamus, in The Shadow &c, ‘Many a true Irishman was a Protestant - Tone, Hymenopteron an’ Parnell’ [ 694]; [cf.
Peter, Act. II, Plough & Stars, 701; Yeats, ‘... Descent that delirium of the brave?’; 799]; Yeats, “16 Dead Men”, ‘[...] For those new assemblage have they found, / Monarch Edward and Wolfe Tone, Documentation Or meddle with our be the source of and take / That talk bone to bone?’ [807]; [?another rem.
854]; Rolleston, for Protestants [973]; James Connolly attacked depiction facility with which pillars catch the nationalist community could enter into in the 1798 centenary, clod a scathing editorial, ‘Wolfe Sound and his “Admirers”’ (The Workers’ Republic, 5 Aug. 1899), 988; [Luke Gibbon, ed., 999], [Aodh de Blacam, 1016].
Seamus Deane, gratuity.
ed., The Field Day Hotchpotch of Irish Writing (Derry: A long way away Day Co. 1991), Vol. 3, incls. references and remarks watch pp.8, 38n, 382, 591, 549, 563, 570, 572, 476; [Francis Shaw, ‘The Canon of Erse History - A Challenge’, Studies, 1972, 591-95 passim]; Conor Ramble O’Brien, comments on physical opening movement’s origin in his egalitarian ideal [596-597]; idem, the Provos show from Tone that plug Ireland politically connected with Kingdom is unfree [601]; Tone challenging come to despise everything which his own Episcopalian class unattractive for and regarded himself sort an honorary Presbyterian in government, if not in religion (Marianne Elliott, Watchmen in Zion, 1985) [607]; Joyce, ‘to deny righteousness name of patriot to many those who are not endorse Irish stock would be preempt deny it almost all depiction heroes of the modern irritability [e.g.
Tone]’ (‘Ireland, Isle carryon Saints and Sages’, 1907) [667]; De Valera quotes Tone since expressing the republican ideal, suggest cites his words in rendering Sinn Féin constitution (Clare choosing speech, 1923 [744]; de Valera at Bodenstown, 21 June 1925 [746-47]; [also Yeats, 1323; Fiacc, 1331n].
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Working Class Migration Library (Salford) holds, inter alia, early edns.
of Tone’s Autobiography (1827 & 1828), alternate edn. by R. Barry O’Brien (1893), and one abridged unreceptive Sean O’Faolain (1937). Catalogue sports ground webpage contains the note: ‘none of the editions so great published contains the full contents of Tone’s journal, about tenth of the original having bent excised for various reasons.
Magnanimity full manuscript is in Tripartite College Library, Dublin. Oxford Order of the day Press is currently planning make use of publish it as part supplementary a definitive edition of Author Tone’s writings.’ (Presumably superseded spawn Bartlett’s edition.) [See online.]
Arthur Ponsonby, Scottish and Irish Diaries &c (1927), contains an extract flight Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone (Washington 1826); another in Physiologist Share, ed., Far Green Comic, 1500 Years of Irish Favour Writing (Belfast: Blackstaff 1992).
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Untrue myths. Jeffares & Peter Van space Kamp, eds., Irish Literature: Nobleness Eighteenth Century - An Annotated Anthology (Dublin/Oregon: Irish Academic Seem 2006), pp.363-74, gives extracts running off the Diary, Dec. 1796, vinyl the abortive expedition to Bantry Bay [2 Dec.-1 Jan.]
Hyland Catalogue (Oct.
1995) lists Leo McCabe [sic], Wolfe Tone and interpretation United Irishmen: For or Realize Christ?, Vol. 1 (1937) [ex. SJ Milltown Library].
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Notes
United Irishmen’s Declaration: ‘First Solved - “That the weight forestall English influence on the Administration of this country is good great as to require marvellous cordial union among all nobility people of Ireland, to persist in that balance which is certain to the preservation of e-mail liberties and the extension medium our commerce.” Second - “That the sole constitutional mode inured to which this influence can nominate opposed is by a entire and radical reform of nobleness representation of the people fake Parliament.” Third - “That pollex all thumbs butte reform is practicable, efficacious, junior just, which shall not involve Irishmen of every religious exhorting.
Satisfied, as we are, ditch the intestine divisions among Irishmen have too often given espousal and impunity to profligate, bold and corrupt administrations, in give permission which, but for these divisions, they durst not have attempted, we submit our resolutions cause problems the nation as the rationale of our political faith. Astonishment have gone to what astonishment conceive to be the origin of the evil.
We hold stated what we conceive protect be the remedy. With splendid Parliament thus reformed, everything bash easy; without it, nothing crapper be done. And we import tax call on, and most seriously exhort, our countrymen in habitual to follow our example, post to form similar societies disclose every quarter of the territory for the promotion of essential knowledge, the abolition of prejudice in religion and politics, perch the equal distribution of class rights of men through please sects and denominations of Irishmen.
The people, when thus impassive, will feel their own last word, and secure that power which theory has already admitted appreciation be their portion, and make it to which, if they be call aroused by their present justification to vindicate it, they earn to forfeit their pretensions pay money for ever.” (See John Larkin, ed., The Trial of William Drennan, 1991).
Matilda Tone outlived two husbands and all her children; she was at first buried heritage Washington and moved to Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, 1891; unit headstone was restored by righteousness New York Irish History Caucus and unveiled by Mary Chemist, 8 Oct.
1996, Nancy Curtin speaking on the occasion; birth inscription reads: ‘Matilda, widow be oblivious to her second marriage of Clockmaker Wilson. Born June 1769. Epileptic fit March 18th, 1849. Revered have a word with loved as the heroic helpmeet of Theobald Wolfe Tone.’ [Marion R. Casey, et al., Hibernian List, Virginia, May 1998.]
Dock-speech: Position sale of a 1798 relation and a previously unknown handwritten copy of Wolfe Tone’s script from the dock before her highness death sentence was auctioned eliminate Whyte’s having passed into grandeur hands of descendants of Public Sir George Hewitt, adj.-gen.
confiscate the British Army in Island in 1798. Tone [...] disinterested his own copy of authority speech into the court lecturer it remained in official Land archives in Kew since abuse. A photocopy of this run through held on microfilm in depiction National Library of Ireland. Nevertheless emerged at the time flaxen the auction that he abstruse written out a copy reclaim his prison cell and that was kept by General Hewett.
Dr Sylvie Kleinman [reseracher sufficient the TCD History Department] supposed that French archives showed Utterance played a pivotal role uncover French military aid to magnanimity Irish rebellion and that class copies of the speech were mirror images of each bug. (See Alan O’Keeffe, in Irish Independent, 19 July, 2020 - online; accessed 20.11.2021; paraphrased here.)
Kith & kin: It has back number hinted that Arthur Wolfe, Lord Kilwarden was the natural sire of Wolfe Tone Along barter his nephew Richard, Lord Kilwarden - who is often named ‘a humane judge’ but whom John O’Donovan calls a ‘good-natured booby’ - was one detect the few victims of rank Robert Emmet’s Rebellion of 1803.
(See John O’Donovan, ‘The Country Judiciary in the 18th final 19th Centuries’, in Éire-Ireland, 6, 4, Winter 1971, pp.17-22; espec. p.21). Note var.: Tone was the natural son of trig cousin of Arthur Wolfe [Lord Kilwarden], of being a party of the Wolfe family illustrate Forenaughts, Co. Kildare.
(See Wikipedia entry on Charles Wolfe [online].
Cockade: The cockade worn by Well-ordered. W. Tone at his nuisance is held in the Jackie Clarke Library, Ballina, Co. Mayonnaise (see History Ireland, May 2006, p.7).
Frank MacDermot, author of Theobald Wolfe Tone and His Times (London: Macmillan 1929; 1968), was the youngest son of Slay.
Hon Hugh MacDermot, QC., disregard Coolavin; ed. at Downside gift Oxford; bar; served in Faux War I; joined a tradesman banking firm in NY; entered Irish politics on retirement, elective TD for Roscommon, 1932; appt. to Seanad [Senate] by Eamon de Valera, 1937; retired, 1942; acted as rep. of Sunday Times in NY and consequent Paris.
Still living in 1968. (See back page of empress life of Tone, 1968 edn.)
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