Rebellions and Defenders in Ireland Amid Loyalist Reflections
A detailed account surveys White Boys and Right Boys uprisings from 1760s to 1790s, including oaths, key figures Nicholas Sheehy and James Butler, and Catholic Committee actions. It notes Defenders and United Irishmen links, and cites parliamentary reports urging adherence to laws, with anecdotes from trials and executions.
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Charles
Ireland
Richard Musgrave
Conway
Paris
Nicholas
King’s Bergh
Dubling
Wify
Bridge
Beere
Clagheen
Land
Clonmell
Wig Egel
Clonmel
William
Cloggeen
Tipperary
Nicholas Sheehy
Pennefather
Father Sheehy
Thomas Mantle
Marmaduke Grove
Sheehy
Earl of Chio
House of Commons
Indictments and Arms Seizure Stir Irish Security Concerns
The inquiry reports that several individuals named as Defendants are indicted and that seditious papers printed in Dublin circulated nationwide. It notes arms valued well beyond ordinary needs found heading to Belefast and Newry with orders for larger quantities for possible military use. The panel concludes arming bodies without legal authority threatens public safety and tranquility. Protestant influence is referenced amid broader unrest.
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de Goderioent
Ireland
Certvin
Bolind
Ming George
Kilkenny
Charles the
Church of Rome
Earl of ‘Tyne
Elizabeth
Armeéyt
Dublin
United
Laafy U
Fitzpatrick
Ormond Quay
Secret Committee
Irish House of Lords
Dundalk
Dandalk
Papley
Ates
Bee
Newry
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Dublin Journal
George the
George II
France
Ihvassin
Great Britain
James Farrel
Rebili
James Butler
Cashel
Pierce Creagh
Waterford
Doctor Butler
Sishop
Cork
Fitzsisnons
Nicholas Rheehy
David Landregin
John Hewerson
Landregin
White Boy Society
Robert Keating
Edmond Sheehy
Etlog Ae
Pye
Clogheen
Drogheda
Landregan
Thomas Rowley
John Hewetson
Myre
Matthias O’brien
Prince Charles
Taturmont
Dulin Journal
Gork
Meath
Quigly
Maidstone
John Sweetman
the Dublin Journal
Holyhead
Chester
London
Trace Hte
Dover
Calais
Morlaix
Offcere
Portigal
Lord Wellington
23Rs Regiment of Foot
Wellington
Badajoz
Grahams
Hill
Soult
Poll
Geniggs Walker
Lord Willington
Boult
Ballatetéros
Seville
Pierre Williams
Trito
Tassa
Maremont
Ciudad Rodrigo
Marmont Gay
Poland
Plymouth
Gilép
Asturias
Philadelphia
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