... then joined the new society of the United Irishmen, because they wanted to carry out the objectives of the Volunteers, and he became a vital part of spreading the news and ideas of this new organization as well as recruiting members. Hope wrote his memoirs in 1843, long after the troubles of the 1790's were over. 1 Hope admits, despite his optimistic views, that there were hypocrites in the societies who "...had the enemy's ranks for a retreat, whenever they feared detection, and they then charged us with their own evil intentions" (Hope 90). He holds true to the fact that he and his fellow leaders would not have withheld truths from each other while in fact he often did not know the names of those above him because of the fear of informants. This shows that there were many suspicious people in the ranks of the United Irishmen. Hope ...

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