serviceyears death_date death_place birth_place allegiance profession birth_date spouse rank image article_title name
1791 -- 1798 19 november 1798 provost 's prison , dublin , ireland dublin , ireland society of united irishmen -lrb- co-founder -rrb- barrister revolutionary 20 june 1763 matilda fanning adjutant general theobald wolfe tone - project gutenberg 13112.png wolfe tone
 theobald wolfe tone
wolfe tone

theobald wolfe tone , posthumously known as wolfe tone -lrb- 20 june 1763 -- 19 november 1798 -rrb- , was a leading irish revolutionary figure and one of the founding members of the united irishmen and is regarded as the father of irish republicanism .
he was captured by british forces at lough swilly in donegal and taken prisoner .
before he was to be executed , it is believed that wolfe tone attempted suicide .
he subsequently died from mortal wounds eight days afterwards , thus avoiding being hanged as a convicted traitor to the british crown for his involvement in the 1798 irish rebellion .
