Society of United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association in the Kingdom of Ireland formed in the wake of the French Revolution to secure "an equal representation of all the people" in a national government. Wikipedia
Founders: Theobald Wolfe Tone, Henry Joy McCracken, Thomas Russell, and more
Founded: October 1791, Belfast, United Kingdom
Ideology: Rights of Man; Representative government; National independence