Category: Ribbonmen

Categories: Irish Rebels | Ireland, Organisations

Ribbonism, whose supporters were usually called Ribbonmen, was a 19th-century popular movement of poor Catholics in Ireland. The movement was also known as Ribandism. The Ribbonmen were active against landlords and their agents, and opposed "Orangeism", the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.

Wikipedia, accessed 29 June 2017.

Patrick Cassidy abt 1804 near Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh, Ireland - 1894

Stephen Cassidy aft 1760 Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Ireland - aft 1830

James Duffy 17 Jan 1829 Clonfad, County Westmeath, Ireland - 20 Apr 1903

Patrick Gately abt 1796 Roscommon, Ireland - abt 1876

James Geraghty Jun 1796 Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland - bef 1830

Patrick Geraghty 11 Jun 1792 County Westmeath, Ireland - 03 Dec 1879

John Kilduff 1792 Roscommon, Ireland - 06 Feb 1854

John Madden abt 1792 Galway, Ireland - 12 Feb 1851

John Maguire abt 1796 Fermanagh, Ireland

Dominick Noone bef 1800 County Leitrim, Ireland - 23 Jul 1826

Patrick Staunton abt 1774 Clonfert, County Galway, Ireland - 10 Dec 1851

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