Language/French/Culture/The-Castlebar-Races
How a Frienship betwen France and Ireland was beginning
During 1798 a Union Ireland Society asked to French country (is a revolutiory organisation inspire by France Revolution) your help against a Britain power. An 6 auguste 1798 three French frigate embark a little more than 1000 person by frigate, leave a port of Rochefort from Irlande. A 22 august 1798 Ireland people are joying because the French frigate unload in nord west of Ireland. The Ireland people lived in poverty because england occupation, almost all england prostestant possessed a large richness.
A march of a little army run throught without any congested until Killala town, the french army toke very quickly a town, after this a french army toke a new town called Ballina, despite england cavalry. More and more Ireland personn joined of french army, england army were feelling a great fear, 2000 French men and Ireland men directed from Castlebar town. Castlebard was defending by about 6000 england soldier. A army composed by French and Ireland soldier went in Castelebar by a special way, a battle began. A 26 august 1798 French army toke a town in revers, at the moment a great panic began in england army, they're abandonned a huge quantity of rifle, cannon and also a ludgage of our general.
The Ireland people called this battle by a nickname of "the run of Castlebar". A british army was stopped to run when they're seeing lord Cornwallis with your army.
The French Irland army won a new victory during a battle of collooney a 5 september 1798.
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