Young Ireland rebellion

BelligerentsYoung Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

• Royal Irish Constabulary

Commanders and leadersWilliam Smith O'Brien
Thomas Meagher
Michael DohenyStrength 2,000 poorly armed locals around 50, larger number of reinforcements arrived laterCasualties and losses 2 killed:

The Young Irelander Rebellion was a failed Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848 that affected most of Europe. It took place on 29 July 1848 at Farranrory, a small settlement about 4.3 km north-northeast of the village of Ballingarry, South Tipperary. After being chased by a force of Young Irelanders and their supporters, an Irish Constabulary unit took refuge in a house and held those inside as hostages. A several-hour gunfight followed, but the rebels fled after a large group of police reinforcements arrived.

It is sometimes called the Famine Rebellion (as it took place during the Great Irish Famine), the Battle of Ballingarry or the Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage Patch.