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medal / Suppression of Whiteboyism
Medal, bronze. Suppression of Whiteboyism. Made for distribution by the Earl of Mulgrave to the Gentry and Constabulary who were engaged in the suppression of Whiteboy activities in 1837. Obverse depicts an armed warrior standing with foot on head of a dragon; the warrior is crowned by a flying...
resource / Right Boys, 1785 & 1786
'Right Boys paying their tythes 1785 and 1786'. Full plate photographic print of cartoon from Bennett MSS. NLI 4161.resource / Ribbonmen in Galway
Ribbonmen in Galway. Article re hanging of Charles Langley in 1820 ex Connacht Tribune, 9.2.1979.
pamphlet / Against the Illegal Associations of Ribbonmen, 1822
Copy of the pamphlet ‘The Pastoral Address of the Right Rev. Dr Doyle, Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Against the Illegal Associations of Ribbonmen’. Printed in Dublin by J.J. Nolan, 3 Suffolk Street, in 1822. For use by priests to preach against joining illegal associations.resource / Whiteboys in Clare
Whiteboys in Clare. Newspaper cutting of extract concerning arrest of 5 whiteboys by Mr Weldon at Cratloe. Clare Champion 1.2.1974.
poster / Whiteboys / Captain Moonlight, c. 1760s
Poster, warning West Cork Magistrates against the licensee at the Bantry Railway station. Signed (in print) by Captain Moonlight. Printed on white paper with black lettering. Probably c. 1760s.resource / Grace/Mara Vendetta, 1827
The Grace/Mara Vendetta, 1827, article from Nationalist (Clonmel), 9.10.1976.resource / Grace/Mara Vendetta, 1827
Grace/Mara Vendetta, 1827. Article from (Clonmel) Nationalist 23.10.1976resource / Grace/Mara Vendetta, 1827
Grace/Mara Vendetta, 1827. Article from the Clonmel Nationalist 23.10.1976.