government in Dublin, declared that the 1803 rising had "redeemed Ireland from acquiescence in the Union". The attempt had been "not a failure, but a triumph for that deathless thing we call Irish Nationality". Leading figures John Allen Myles Byrne Malachy Delaney Anne Devlin Michael Dwyer William Dowdall Robert Emmet Peter Finnerty William Henry Hamilton James Hope Henry Howley William Putnam McCabe Michael Quigley Thomas Russell Nicholas Stafford Thomas Wright Thomas Wylde See also List of monuments and memorials to the Irish Rebellion of 1803 References Further reading O'Donnell, Ruan (2003). Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803. Dublin: Iriish Academic Press. Geoghegan, Patrick (2002). Robert Emmet, a Life. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. . External links Full text of Emmett's Speech from the Dock 1803 in Ireland Conflicts in 1803 19th-century rebellions Irish republicanism Rebellions in Ireland July 1803 events