What is Wolfe Tone?
{{Infobox person | name = Wolfe Tone | image = File:Portrait of Theobald Wolfe Tone (4672711).jpg | caption = A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. | birth_date = {{birth date|1763|06|20|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1798|11|19|1763|06|20|df=y}} | birth_name = Theobald Wolfe Tone | birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Kingdom of Ireland]] | death_place = Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland | education = {{ubl|[[Trinity College Dublin]]|[[King's Inns]]}} | agent = [[Society of United Irishmen]], [[Catholic Committee (Ireland)|Catholic Committee and Convention]] | burial_place = [[Bodenstown Graveyard]], Sallins, County Kildare, Ireland | spouse = {{marriage|[[Matilda Tone]]|1785}} | module = {{Infobox military person | embed = yes | allegiance = [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishmen]]<br>[[First French Republic|French Republic]] | battles = [[Battle of Tory Island]] }} }} '''Wolfe Tone''' (born June 20, 1763, [[Dublin]], Ire.—died Nov. 19, 1798, Dublin) was a founder of the [[United Irishmen Rebellion|United Irishmen]] and a leading figure in the fight for Irish independence from British rule In 1798 and one of the key figures in the [[Irish rebellion of 1798|United Ireland rebellion of 1798.]]Tone helped form the [[Society of United Irishmen]]. In October 1798 attempt to land in Ireland with French troops and supplies, he was taken [[prisoner]]. Sentenced to be [[Hanging (death)|hanged]], he died from a reportedly self-inflicted wound. [[Category:1763 births]] [[Category:1798 deaths]] [[Category:Irish politicians]]