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Rapparees or
raparees (from the
Irish ropairí,
plural of ropaire,
whose primary meaning is "thruster, stabber", and by
extension a
wielder of the half-pike...
- A
rapparee was
Irish guerrilla fighters in the 1690s, and a name
given to
bandits and
highwaymen in Ireland.
Rapparee may also
refer to:
Rapparee Cove...
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Rapparee is a cove in the
North Devon town of Ilfracombe. The cove is the site of the
shipwreck of the
transport London,
which sank on 9
October 1796 in...
- Ireland. The club
fields teams in
hurling as
Rapparees and in
Gaelic football as Starlights. The
Rapparees Starlights club was
founded in 1972, following...
- Oulart-the
Ballagh v Crossabeg-Ballymurn
Rapparees v
Rathnure Shelmaliers v
Ferns St Aidan's Crossabeg-Ballymurn v
Rapparees Ferns St Aidan's v Oulart-the Ballagh...
- Oylegate-Glenbrien v
Rapparees Oylegate-Glenbrien v
Faythe Harriers Rapparees v
Cloughbawn St Martin's v
Shelmaliers Oylegate-Glenbrien v
Cloughbawn Rapparees v Shelmaliers...
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poetry composed in the
Irish language and
widespread po****r
support for
rapparees, or
Jacobite guerrillas, like Éamonn an Chnoic, John Hurley, and Galloping...
- In the
music of Ireland,
Irish rebel songs are folk
songs which are
primarily about the
various rebellions against British Crown rule.
Songs about prior...
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Irish contemporaries, the "tories", in part
resisted English occupation.
Rapparees –
Irish guerrillas who
fought for
James II
after the
Revolution of 1688...
- and
selling protection against theft continued by
Irish clan
chiefs and
rapparees,
particularly against the
estates of Anglo-Irish landlords, well into...
