(United Irish Prisoners shot at Carnew; Battles of Hacketstown and
Carlow)
Kildare Town 1.00 a.m.
Rebels marched in three columns from Kildare to attack Monasterevan.
Monasterevan 4.00 - 5.00 a.m.
Around 1,300 rebels under Captain Padraig O'Beirne from Nurney attacked Monasterevan.
The rebels from Kildare, Nurney, Kildoon, Riverstown and Kildangan were opposed
by a corps of yeoman cavalry under Captain Frederick Hoystead and infantry under
Lieutenant Bagot. They attacked in three different directions but after some
serious fighting in the streets they fled. Around 63 rebels were killed as against
5 yeomen. Many rebels went on to Queens County.
Kilcock and Leixlip - Morning 25th May
Both Kilcock and Leixlip were attacked with no loss to the government troops
but heavy loss to the rebels.
Naas - 25th May
John Andoe hanged in Naas for his part in the attack of the previous night.
Ballitore and Newpark near old Kilcullen
The rebels fortified Ballitore and the Quakers were unharmed. The house of the
Reverend Annesley of Newpark was plundered and partly burned by rebels under
Hetherington of Kildare.
Rathangan 3.00 p.m.
Captain Langton and the South Cork Militia marched out of Rathangan to reinforce
Dundas in Naas. Mr. Spencer refused to go and the loyalists remained on alert
through the day.
Lucan - Evening
Rebels driven off after attack on Lucan. Some of the north Kildare men marched
northwards and reinforced the United army on the Hill of Tara with guns from
the Locan Ironworks. It seems the army on Tara was commanded by the son of a
Lucan innkeeper, in the white uniform of the Kildare Militia.
Published by Kildare County Council Written by Mario Corrigan .