End of the Tryth Invasion or The destruction of the French Aramda

End of the Tryth Invasion or The destruction of the French Aramda

December, 1796

[London] : H. Humphrey, 1797 January. 20th., shows the French Armada being blown off the cost of Ireland in December 1796

James Gillray

This painting shows the inability of the French Armada, to land on the Irish coast with over 14,000 seasoned troops who were going to be the spearhead of the Irish -French invasion of Ireland in December 1796. This inability made possible the destruction of the Irish by the British in the 1798 Irish rebellion. The French Amanda avoided detection by the British fleet, only to be beaten back by the strong storms of the North Atlantic. This event became a satire with the British as it saw what it consider the evil deeds of both the Irish and French when it came to opposing the British. The troops that did not land in Ireland was dispersed and fought in the revolutions that were springing up in France at this particular time in history. Without this aid, the Irish in 1798 was ill equipped to handle the better trained and well-armed British troops that they faced in the rebellion of 1798.

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End of the Irish Invasion ; — or — the Destruction of the French Armada by James Gillray.

End of the Tryth Invasion or The destruction of the French Aramda

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End of the Irish Invasion ; — or — the Destruction of the French Armada by James Gillray.

Robert K. Chaisson

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-8768

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