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Rapparees or
raparees (from the
Irish ropairÃ,
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...
- Ireland. The club
fields teams in
hurling as
Rapparees and in
Gaelic football as Starlights. The
Rapparees Starlights club was
founded in 1972, following...
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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...
- even in the 21st century, and in the 1740s was the
perfect hideaway for
rapparees.
McMurphy also took
Paddy Mac Decker's daughter, Molly, as his mistress...
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often with
specific mention of
counties Cork and Kerry. The song,
about a
rapparee (highwayman) who is betra**** by his wife or lover, is one of the most widely...
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people who were
either greedy for
plunder or for vengeance,
becoming rapparees carrying out
attacks and
raids throughout the
Sperrins mountain range...
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Gallagher (died 1818) was an
Irish highwayman who, as one of the
later Irish Rapparees (guerrillas), led a
bandit group in the
hills of the
Irish countryside...
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stadium in Enniscorthy,
County Wexford, Ireland. It is the main
ground of
Rapparees Starlights GAA's
Gaelic football and
hurling teams and has also hosted...
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similarly dispossessed Cavaliers also
became outlaws,
known as "tories" or "
rapparees".
According to
Stephen Dunford, "Ned
ranged over his
native parish in...
