The Young Ireland Rebellion, or the Famine Rebellion, was apart of an Irish Nationalist movement that occured during the Great Famine. While the movement hoped to establish independance in Ireland via revolts, the Young Ireland movement would ultimately fail in these goals, the rebellion would set the path for Irish independance and inspire future movements. The rebellion itself occurred in County Wexford, County Kilkenny and finally County Tipperary. Irish nationalists, led by William Smith O'Brien, would be followed by, and then eventually hold forty seven policemen hostage in the house of a woman named Margaret McCormack. The police would, in turn, hold the widow's five children hostage. While O'Brien initially seemed to make peace with the police, gunfire broke out and several were killed in the fight. When reinforcements came for the police, the Young Irelanders split up, thus terminating both the rebellion and the movement.

This article goes into depth on not just the Young Ireland Rebellion, but the leaders and political parties involved in this event. In particular there is an emphasis on the future work many of these nationalists would go on to participate in. 

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