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45 relations: Agrarian society, Anti-Protestantism, Athlone, Ballymacnab, Battle of Antrim, Battle of Ballinamuck, Battle of Ballynahinch, Battle of Oulart Hill, Battle of the Diamond, Captain Rock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Catholic Church, Catholic emancipation, County Armagh, County Down, County Leitrim, County Louth, Croppy, Daniel O'Connell, Dundalk, Freemasonry, French Revolution, George III of the United Kingdom, Granard, Grand jury, Granemore, Hearts of Oak (Ireland), Hearts of Steel, Henry Munro (United Irishman), History of Ireland (1691–1800), Irish Rebellion of 1798, Irish Volunteers (18th century), James Hope (Ireland), Loughgall, Manorhamilton, Molly Maguires, Monarchy of Ireland, Northern Star (newspaper of the Society of United Irishmen), Orange Order, Peep o' Day Boys, Penal Laws (Ireland), Protestant Ascendancy, Ribbonism, Society of United Irishmen, Whiteboys.
Agrarian society
An agrarian society (or agricultural society) is any society whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland.
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Anti-Protestantism
Anti-Protestantism is bias, hatred or distrust against some or all branches of Protestantism and its followers.
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Athlone
Athlone is a town on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree in Ireland.
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Ballymacnab
Ballymacnab (from Irish) is a townland and village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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Battle of Antrim
The Battle of Antrim was fought on 7 June 1798, in County Antrim, Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 between British troops and Irish insurgents led by Henry Joy McCracken.
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Battle of Ballinamuck
The Battle of Ballinamuck (8 September 1798) marked the defeat of the main force of the French incursion during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.
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Battle of Ballynahinch
The Battle of Ballynahinch was fought outside Ballynahinch, County Down, on 12 June, during the Irish rebellion of 1798 between British forces led by Major-General George Nugent and the local United Irishmen led by Henry Munro (1758–98).
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Battle of Oulart Hill
The Battle of Oulart Hill took place on 27 May 1798 when a rebel gathering of between 4,000 and 5,000 massacred a detachment of 110 militia sent from Wexford town to stamp out the spreading rebellion in County Wexford.
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Battle of the Diamond
The Battle of the Diamond was a planned confrontation between the Catholic Defenders and the Protestant Peep o' Day Boys that took place on 21 September 1795 near Loughgall, County Armagh, Ireland.
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Captain Rock
Captain Rock was a mythical Irish folk hero, and the name used for the agrarian rebel group he represented in the south-west of Ireland from 1821 to 1824.
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Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon is the county town of County Leitrim in Ireland.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Catholic emancipation
Catholic emancipation or Catholic relief was a process in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century that involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws.
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County Armagh
County Armagh (named after its county town, Armagh) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland.
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County Down
County Down is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland in the northeast of the island of Ireland.
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County Leitrim
County Leitrim (Contae Liatroma) is a county in the Republic of Ireland.
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County Louth
County Louth (Contae Lú) is a county in Ireland.
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Croppy
Croppy was a nickname given to Irish rebels fighting for independence from Britain during the 1798 Rising.
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Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century.
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Dundalk
Dundalk is the county town of County Louth, Ireland.
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Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
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French Revolution
The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.
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George III of the United Kingdom
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.
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Granard
Granard is a town in the north of County Longford, Ireland, and has a traceable history going back to AD 236.
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Grand jury
A grand jury is a legal body empowered to conduct official proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.
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Granemore
Granemore is a townland of 785 acres in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, about seven miles from Armagh and three miles from Keady.
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Hearts of Oak (Ireland)
The Hearts of Oak, also known as Oakboys and Greenboys, was a protest movement of farmers and weavers that arose in County Armagh, Ireland in 1761.
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Hearts of Steel
The Hearts of Steel, or Steelboys, was an exclusively Protestant movement originating in County Antrim, Ireland due to grievances about the sharp rise of rent and evictions.
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Henry Munro (United Irishman)
Henry Munro (1758 – 1798) was a United Irishman born in Lisburn, County Down.
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History of Ireland (1691–1800)
The history of Ireland from 1691–1800 was marked by the dominance of the Protestant Ascendancy.
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Irish Rebellion of 1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798), also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion (Éirí Amach na nÉireannach Aontaithe), was an uprising against British rule in Ireland lasting from May to September 1798.
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Irish Volunteers (18th century)
The Volunteers (also known as the Irish Volunteers) were local militias raised by local initiative in Ireland in 1778.
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James Hope (Ireland)
James "Jemmy" Hope (August 25, 1764 – 1847) was a United Irishmen leader who fought in the 1798 and 1803 Rebellions against British rule in Ireland.
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Loughgall
Loughgall is a small village, townland (of 131 acres) and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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Manorhamilton
Manorhamilton is the second largest town in County Leitrim, Ireland.
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Molly Maguires
The Molly Maguires was an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool and parts of the eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American and Irish immigrant coal miners in Pennsylvania.
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Monarchy of Ireland
A monarchical system of government existed in Ireland from ancient times until, for what became the Republic of Ireland, the mid-twentieth century.
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Northern Star (newspaper of the Society of United Irishmen)
The Northern Star was the newspaper of the Society of United Irishmen, which was published from 1792 until its suppression by the British army in May 1797.
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Orange Order
The Loyal Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal order based primarily in Northern Ireland.
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Peep o' Day Boys
The Peep o' Day Boys was an agrarian Protestant association in 18th-century Ireland.
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Penal Laws (Ireland)
In the island of Ireland, Penal Laws (Na Péindlíthe) were a series of laws imposed in an attempt to force Irish Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters (such as local Presbyterians) to accept the reformed denomination as defined by the English state established Anglican Church and practised by members of the Irish state established Church of Ireland.
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Protestant Ascendancy
The Protestant Ascendancy, known simply as the Ascendancy, was the political, economic and social domination of Ireland between the 17th century and the early 20th century by a minority of landowners, Protestant clergy and members of the professions, all members of the Church of Ireland or the Church of England.
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Ribbonism
Ribbonism, whose supporters were usually called Ribbonmen, was a 19th-century popular movement of poor Catholics in Ireland.
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Society of United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was founded as a liberal political organisation in 18th-century Ireland that initially sought Parliamentary reform.
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Whiteboys
The Whiteboys (na Buachaillí Bána) were a secret Irish agrarian organisation in 18th-century Ireland which used violent tactics to defend tenant farmer land rights for subsistence farming.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenders_(Ireland)
