02) armagh

ARMAGH TROUBLES

ARMAGH TROUBLES

VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE AFTER END OF WAR (1782)

ARMAGH TROUBLES

VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE AFTER END OF WAR

RECRUIT CATHOLICS

ARMAGH TROUBLES

VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE AFTER END OF WAR

RECRUIT CATHOLICS

DESTABILISES DENOMINATIONAL RELATIONS

‘POPULAR POLITICS’

‘POPULAR POLITICS’

• PARLIAMENTARY SPHERE

‘POPULAR POLITICS’

• PARLIAMENTARY SPHERE

• PUBLIC SPHERE

‘POPULAR POLITICS’

• PARLIAMENTARY SPHERE

• PUBLIC SPHERE

• POPULAR POLITICS - LOCAL, MATERIAL ISSUES - DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS OF PROSPERITY

WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK

WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK

• WARTIME - DEMAND FOR MEAT - SHIFT IN LAND USE - LESS LABOUR

WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK

• WARTIME - DEMAND FOR MEAT - SHIFT IN LAND USE - LESS LABOUR

• ATTACKS ON HERDSMEN, DIGGING OF GRASSLAND, HOUGHING OF CATTLE

WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK

• WARTIME - DEMAND FOR MEAT - SHIFT IN LAND USE - LESS LABOUR

• ATTACKS ON HERDSMEN, DIGGING OF GRASSLAND, HOUGHING OF CATTLE

• FEW CONVICTIONS

WHITEBOYS 1761-5TIPPERARY-LIMERICK-CORK

• WARTIME - DEMAND FOR MEAT - SHIFT IN LAND USE - LESS LABOUR

• ATTACKS ON HERDSMEN, DIGGING OF GRASSLAND, HOUGHING OF CATTLE

• FEW CONVICTIONS

• END OF WAR 1763 - PRICES REVERT

HEARTS OF STEEL 1770-1772SOUTH ANTRIM

HEARTS OF STEEL 1770-1772SOUTH ANTRIM

• RESETTING OF LEASES ON ESTATE, OPEN SALE OF LEASES

HEARTS OF STEEL 1770-1772SOUTH ANTRIM

• RESETTING OF LEASES ON ESTATE, OPEN SALE OF LEASES

• BIDDERS & NEW TENANTS ATTACKED

HEARTS OF STEEL 1770-1772SOUTH ANTRIM

• RESETTING OF LEASES ON ESTATE, OPEN SALE OF LEASES

• BIDDERS & NEW TENANTS ATTACKED

• LAW POWERLESS

ARMAGH

• LINEN INDUSTRY

• MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREA

ARMAGH

• LINEN INDUSTRY

• MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREA

• VERY MIXED RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION

ARMAGH

• LOWER CLASS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS

• NORTH - ANGLICANS

• CENTRE - PRESBYTERIAN

• SOUTH - CATHOLIC

EXPANSION OF LINEN

EXPANSION OF LINEN

• AVAILABILITY OF LAND

EXPANSION OF LINEN

• AVAILABILITY OF LAND

• MOVEMENT OF POPULATION

EXPANSION OF LINEN

• AVAILABILITY OF LAND

• MOVEMENT OF POPULATION

• LOOSENING OF MECHANISMS OF ORDER

TROUBLES PHASE 1, 1784-7

TROUBLES PHASE 1, 1784-7

• POSSIBILITY OF CATHOLIC VOLUNTEERS

LOUGHGALL VOLUNTEERS

BELFAST NEWSLETTER 1784

‘THAT EVERY ROMAN CATHOLIC OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO MAY JOIN OUR RANKS SHALL BE RECEIVED AS OUR BROTHER SOLDIER AND INSTRUCTED IN THE USE OF ARMS AT THE EXPENSE OF THIS CORPS’

TROUBLES PHASE 1, 1784-7

• POSSIBILITY OF CATHOLIC VOLUNTEERS

• NIGHT RAIDS FOR ARMS

• ‘PEEP O’DAY BOYS’ (PROTESTANT)

• DEFENDERS (CATHOLIC)

PHASE 2, 1787-91

• CONFRONTATION - MARKETS, FUNERALS

• GUNS USED, FATALITIES

• SPREADS INTO ARMAGH AND BEYOND