plural. The name of a rebel secret society in Ireland in the 18th cent. (see quots.); identical with or similar to the ‘Whiteboys’.
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations (33) levellers1762 plural. The name of a rebel secret society in Ireland in the 18th cent. (see quots.); identical with or similar to the ‘Whiteboys’. Hearts of Steel1771 (the members of) a radical agrarian organization formed by Protestant tenants in Ulster from 1770 until 1772, which protested, often violently… Peep o' Day Boys1780 Of, relating to, or designating a Protestant organization active in the north of Ireland 1784–95, whose members clashed with Roman Catholic… Rightboys1786 In plural. An agrarian protest movement active in south-west Ireland in 1785-8, which acted in the name of the symbolic leader ‘Captain Right’, and… Brunswick Club1828 any of a number of Protestant organizations formed first in Ireland and later in England to oppose Daniel O'Connell's Catholic Association and… Orange Order1828 A political society promoting Protestant and Loyalist principles, esp. in Northern Ireland and North America. Cf. Orangeman, n.1 Young Ireland1843 An Irish political, cultural, and social movement of the mid 19th cent., espousing nationalist principles and eventually playing a leading role in a… Land league1881 An association of Irish tenant farmers and others, organized in 1879 by Charles Stewart Parnell under the name of ‘The Irish National Land League’… U.I.L.1901 United Irish League. Noraid1974 An organization whose principal purpose is to raise funds for Northern Irish Republican causes among sympathizers abroad, esp. in the United States. U.U.U.C.1974 United Ulster Unionist Council. INLA1979 Irish National Liberation Army, formed in the mid-1970s as the military wing of the Irish Republican Socialist Party. Subcategories:— members of (21) |
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