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Definition of Rapparees

Rapparee
Rapparee Rap`pa*ree", n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [Written also raparee.]

Meaning of Rapparees from wikipedia

- 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...
- Ireland. The club fields teams in hurling as Rapparees and in Gaelic football as Starlights. The Rapparees Starlights club was founded in 1972, following...
- Oylegate-Glenbrien v Rapparees Oylegate-Glenbrien v Faythe Harriers Rapparees v Cloughbawn St Martin's v Shelmaliers Oylegate-Glenbrien v Cloughbawn Rapparees v Shelmaliers...
- 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...
- 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...
- Irish contemporaries, the "tories", in part resisted English occupation. RappareesIrish guerrillas who fought for James II after the Revolution of 1688...
- poetry composed in the Irish language and widespread po****r support for rapparees, or Jacobite guerrillas, like Éamonn an Chnoic, John Hurley, and Galloping...
- 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...
- 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...
- Connacht, but was intercepted by Jacobite rapparees and shot as a traitor. It was the activities of the rapparees that led to an order being issued for all...