02) armagh
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ARMAGH TROUBLES
ARMAGH TROUBLES
VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE AFTER END OF WAR (1782)
ARMAGH TROUBLES
VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE AFTER END OF WAR
RECRUIT CATHOLICS
ARMAGH TROUBLES
VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE AFTER END OF WAR
RECRUIT CATHOLICS
DESTABILISES DENOMINATIONAL RELATIONS
‘POPULAR POLITICS’
‘POPULAR POLITICS’
• PARLIAMENTARY SPHERE
‘POPULAR POLITICS’
• PARLIAMENTARY SPHERE
• PUBLIC SPHERE
‘POPULAR POLITICS’
• PARLIAMENTARY SPHERE
• PUBLIC SPHERE
• POPULAR POLITICS - LOCAL, MATERIAL ISSUES - DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS OF PROSPERITY
WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK
WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK
• WARTIME - DEMAND FOR MEAT - SHIFT IN LAND USE - LESS LABOUR
WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK
• WARTIME - DEMAND FOR MEAT - SHIFT IN LAND USE - LESS LABOUR
• ATTACKS ON HERDSMEN, DIGGING OF GRASSLAND, HOUGHING OF CATTLE
WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK
• WARTIME - DEMAND FOR MEAT - SHIFT IN LAND USE - LESS LABOUR
• ATTACKS ON HERDSMEN, DIGGING OF GRASSLAND, HOUGHING OF CATTLE
• FEW CONVICTIONS
WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK
• WARTIME - DEMAND FOR MEAT - SHIFT IN LAND USE - LESS LABOUR
• ATTACKS ON HERDSMEN, DIGGING OF GRASSLAND, HOUGHING OF CATTLE
• FEW CONVICTIONS
• END OF WAR 1763 - PRICES REVERT
HEARTS OF STEEL 1770-1772SOUTH ANTRIM
HEARTS OF STEEL 1770-1772SOUTH ANTRIM
• RESETTING OF LEASES ON ESTATE, OPEN SALE OF LEASES
HEARTS OF STEEL 1770-1772SOUTH ANTRIM
• RESETTING OF LEASES ON ESTATE, OPEN SALE OF LEASES
• BIDDERS & NEW TENANTS ATTACKED
HEARTS OF STEEL 1770-1772SOUTH ANTRIM
• RESETTING OF LEASES ON ESTATE, OPEN SALE OF LEASES
• BIDDERS & NEW TENANTS ATTACKED
• LAW POWERLESS
ARMAGH
• LINEN INDUSTRY
• MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREA
ARMAGH
• LINEN INDUSTRY
• MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREA
• VERY MIXED RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION
ARMAGH
• LOWER CLASS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS
• NORTH - ANGLICANS
• CENTRE - PRESBYTERIAN
• SOUTH - CATHOLIC
EXPANSION OF LINEN
EXPANSION OF LINEN
• AVAILABILITY OF LAND
EXPANSION OF LINEN
• AVAILABILITY OF LAND
• MOVEMENT OF POPULATION
EXPANSION OF LINEN
• AVAILABILITY OF LAND
• MOVEMENT OF POPULATION
• LOOSENING OF MECHANISMS OF ORDER
TROUBLES PHASE 1, 1784-7
TROUBLES PHASE 1, 1784-7
• POSSIBILITY OF CATHOLIC VOLUNTEERS
LOUGHGALL VOLUNTEERS
BELFAST NEWSLETTER 1784
‘THAT EVERY ROMAN CATHOLIC OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO MAY JOIN OUR RANKS SHALL BE RECEIVED AS OUR BROTHER SOLDIER AND INSTRUCTED IN THE USE OF ARMS AT THE EXPENSE OF THIS CORPS’
TROUBLES PHASE 1, 1784-7
• POSSIBILITY OF CATHOLIC VOLUNTEERS
• NIGHT RAIDS FOR ARMS
• ‘PEEP O’DAY BOYS’ (PROTESTANT)
• DEFENDERS (CATHOLIC)
PHASE 2, 1787-91
• CONFRONTATION - MARKETS, FUNERALS
• GUNS USED, FATALITIES
• SPREADS INTO ARMAGH AND BEYOND