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Sri Lanka |
The Great (Ceylon) Rebellion of 1817–18, also known as the Uva Uprising, was the third Kandyan (Kingdon of Kandy) War with Britain in what is now Sri Lanka. On 26 November 1818, rebel leaders were beheaded effectively ending that rebellion and hopes for independence. Among those in British ranks at the Battle of Budalla was Loughrea’s Private John Sullivan who ‘wounded his hands in the King’s works at Badula’. Pictured is ‘Killing Fields Ceylon 1818’ by Prasanna Weerakkody.
This Chronicle was created using information originally published in the South East Galway Archaeological and Historical Society Newsletter No. 29.
