The 2nd Earl of Kingston Is Tried Amid Great Pomp by the Irish House of Lords for the Murder of Colonel Henry FitzGerald

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

Ireland

The Earl of Clare begins a 3-day visit to Trinity College, Dublin to purge United Irishmen; 19 are expelled

Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the United Irishmen, is betrayed by Francis Magan; is arrested and is shot while being apprehended