On the morning of the 25 May , news of the long-expected outbreak of the 1798 rebellion in neighboring County Kildare and of military losses in the battles of Ballymore-Eustace , Naas , and Prosperous had reached the garrison in Carnew , who decided to take preventative measures by assembling the rebel suspects in detention . The suspects were marched from Carnew Castle to the local handball alley and executed by firing squad as a warning to the local populace . On 4 June , the government evacuated the town and four days later it was attacked and burned in a revenge raid by Wexford rebels , led by " the screeching general " Anthony Perry
executed by firing squad
Carnew executions
Carnew