Symbol of the United Irishmen in 1790s with a picture of a harp with the banner reading “It is new strung and shall be heard” with another banner reading “Equality” above it. The United Irishmen were both Catholic and Protestant, mainly dissenters - Presbyterians, who rose up against the English in 1798 but who were ultimately defeated.

Is the spirit of ‘98 re-emerging? #1798rising #unitedIrishmen “It is new strung and shall be heard”.

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