Theobald wolfe tone autobiography vs biography

Irish revolutionary figure (1763–1798)

This article is about the Irish revolutionary leader associated with the rebellion in Ireland of 1798.

Theobald wolfe tone autobiography vs biography

For other uses, see Wolf tone (disambiguation).

Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone (Irish: Bhulbh Teón;^[1] 20 June 1763 – 19 November 1798), was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure in Irish republicanism.

Convinced that so long as his fellow Protestants feared to make common cause with the Catholic majority, the British Crown would continue to govern Ireland in the interest of England and of its client aristocracy, in 1791 Tone helped form the Society of United Irishmen.

Although received in the company of a Catholic delegation by the King and his ministers in London, Tone, with other United Irish leaders, despaired of constitutional reform. Fuelled by the popular grievances of rents, tithes and taxes, and driven by martial-law repression, the