On September 08, 1798 in Celtic History
Battle of ballinamuck, ireland , last battle of the year of the french.

In 1798 Ballinamuck was the scene of one of the last and bloodiest battles fought on Irish soil by a foreign power. Ballinamuck was the place of surrender of the combined French and Irish troops under General Humber to the English troops under General Cornwallis.
The 1798 battle was a defining watershed for politics on this island as it was the last time catholics and Protestants fought together for a common agenda. the aftermass of the failed rebellion and the Act of Union (1801) were to sectarianise politics for the next 200 years.
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