Rebuffed by United Irish remnant in north Down, Russell attempted to raise the standard in Defender country.Commentary by Kenneth Robinson in: p. 114 On the morning of 22 July 1803, he addressed small groups of men in Annadorn and Loughinisland. He told them that there was to be a general insurrection throughout Ireland and that blows would be struck simultaneously at Dublin, Belfast and Downpatrick. He entreated them to join him but to no avail. One man said that they would be hanged like dogs. On hill near Downpatrick where, dressed in his green uniform, Russell had expected to multitude, there were no more than three individuals, and of these one objected that Ireland might as well be an English colony, as a French one.Ellen Rabb [Ballysallagh] to Mary Ann McCracken [Belfast], c. 1844 See Letter 139 (TCD MS873/155)
