{"id":5579,"date":"2026-02-16T18:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/?p=5579"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:36:25","slug":"class-wargames-fights-the-british-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/?p=5579","title":{"rendered":"Class Wargames defies the British Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fada beo an Cabhlach Poblachtach<\/h2>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Irish question is not simply a nationality question, but a question of land and existence. Ruin or revolution is the watchword; all Irish are convinced that if anything is to happen at all it must happen quickly. The English should demand separation and leave it to the Irish themselves to decide the question of landownership. Everything else would be useless. The domination of Ireland at present amounts to collecting rent for the English aristocracy.&#8221; &#8211; Karl Marx, 1867 Speech on the Irish Question.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Class Wargames will be hosting a collective playing of a naval wargame reenacting the 1798 Battle of Toraigh Island.<\/p>\n<p>Entrance free. Bring your own food &#038; drink.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 27th Febuary<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>6.30pm-10.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maydayrooms.org\">MayDay Rooms<\/a><br \/>\n88 Fleet Street<br \/>\nLondon EC4Y 1DH<\/p>\n<p>1798 Battle of Toraigh Island <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Toraigh-Island-1798-scenario.pdf\">scenario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1798 Battle of Toraigh Island <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1798-NAVAL-RULES.pdf\">naval wargame rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1798 Battle of Toraigh Island British and French <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1798-Ship-Summary-cards.pdf\">fleet summary cards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1798 Battle of Toraigh Island French <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1798-ship-cards-French.pdf\">ship cards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1798 Battle of Toraigh Island British <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1798-Ship-Cards-British.pdf\">ship cards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Declan Hunt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FD0sJEbXOj8\"><em>Songs Of The Irish Rising 1798<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fada beo an Cabhlach Poblachtach &#8220;The Irish question is not simply a nationality question, but a question of land and existence. Ruin or revolution is the watchword; all Irish are convinced that if anything is to happen at all it must happen quickly. The English should demand separation and leave it to the Irish themselves to decide the question of landownership. Everything else would be useless. The domination of Ireland&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/basque-roads-battle-1068x637-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5579"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5591,"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions\/5591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classwargames.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}