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- May 18, 1798
The 2nd Earl of Kingston Is Tried Amid Great Pomp by the Irish House of Lords for the Murder of Colonel Henry FitzGerald
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Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the United Irishmen, is betrayed by Francis Magan; is arrested and is shot while being apprehended