Ribbonmen
Ribbonmen were members of Irish catholic secret societies between the Napoleonic wars and the rise of the Fenians. They wore white ribbons in their hats to aid identification at night. The aims of their loosely structured organization were nationalist but vague and they have been compared with the Mafia.
J. A. Cannon
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