Battle of Tallaght 150 anniversary talk
By Aideen O’Flaherty
The County Library, Tallaght is marking 150 years since the Battle of Tallaght by hosting a talk by local historian Seán Bagnall and displaying an exhibition about the battle.
The battle, which took place in March 1867, was part of the Dublin Fenian uprising, which was a rebellion led by the Irish Republican Brotherhood against British rule in Ireland.
(Contemporary drawing of the Battle of Tallaght)
Thousands of members of the IRB gathered on Tallaght Hill above Jobstown in an attempt to draw the military out of Dublin City where there were plans for a separate rising to take place.
When the police in Tallaght noticed this mass exodus from the city they sent 14 armed police officers from the Royal Irish Constabulary to the crossroads of the Main Road and Greenhills Road in Tallaght Village, where a battle with dozens of Fenians then ensued.
Ultimately this attempted rebellion amounted to “a skirmish in the village”, according to Síle Coleman from Tallaght Library, and the large gathering of men on Tallaght Hill eventually dispersed.
(Tallaght RIC Barracks; site of the Battle of Tallaght)
The planned separate rebellion in Dublin City never took place, as the city was heavily garrisoned.
Now the County Library in Tallaght is highlighting 150 years since this landmark moment in Tallaght’s history, by hosting an exhibition from March 2 to March 31, and hosting a talk by Seán Bagnall on Thursday March 2 at 7.00pm.
The talk is free to attend and you can book your place online at www.talib.eventbrite.ie
