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Defenders
Defenders, secret society, originally the Catholic opponents of the Peep of Day Boys in Co. Armagh. From 1790 Defenderism spread into other Ulster counties, and into the northern half of Leinster, including Dublin city. During 1794–5 an explosion of Defender activity in Connacht led to Lord Carhampton's (see Luttrell, Henry) notorious impressment for naval service of over 1,000 suspects. Sporadic contact from the early 1790s with the United Irishmen (see Tandy, James Napper) developed, probably by 1796, into a formal alliance. Defenders as well as United Irishmen participated, though not always harmoniously, in the insurrection of 1798. The movement continued into the 19th century under the new name of Ribbonmen.
The Defenders were for long perceived as a largely apolitical adjunct to the United Irishmen, preoccupied with practical economic grievances and religious animosities. Recent work, however, makes clear that Defenderism had a regional and national leadership of a kind never developed by the Whiteboys or other movements of agrarian protest. Its members, equally, looked beyond the resolution of immediate economic grievances and sectarian animosities to a general social and political transformation, however crudely imagined. Defenderism can thus be seen as a key stage in the process of politicization, shaped both by popular awareness of the French Revolution and by domestic political events, notably the increasingly assertive activities of the Catholic Committee and the backlash among conservative Protestants. |
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"Defenders." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Defenders." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Defenders.html "Defenders." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Defenders.html |
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Defenders
Defenders were Irish catholics who banded together to combat the protestant Peep o' Day Boys. They began to organize in the 1780s and in the 1790s merged with the United Irishmen. There were frequent clashes between defenders and the protestants, numerous murders, arming, and drilling: in one encounter at Ballina in 1794 about 70 persons are said to have been killed. The spread of catholic disaffection culminated in the Irish rising of 1798.
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JOHN CANNON. "Defenders." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Defenders." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Defenders.html JOHN CANNON. "Defenders." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Defenders.html |
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Defenders
Defenders were Irish catholics who banded together to combat the protestant Peep o' Day Boys. They began to organize in the 1780s and in the 1790s merged with the United Irishmen. The spread of catholic disaffection culminated in the Irish rising of 1798.
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JOHN CANNON. "Defenders." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Defenders." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Defenders.html JOHN CANNON. "Defenders." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Defenders.html |
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