Roddy McCorley's involvement in the 1798 Rebellion is not historically confirmed. After the rebellion,
McCorley joined a notorious outlaw gang known as Archer's Gang, made up of
former rebels and led by Thomas Archer. Some of these men had been British
soldiers (members of the Irish militia) who changed sides in the conflict, and
as such were guilty of treason and thus exempt from the terms of amnesty
offered to the rank and file of the United Irishmen. This meant that they were
always on the run in an attempt to evade capture. This "quasi-rebel"
group were claimed to have attacked loyalists and participated in common crime.