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White Boy Summer

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The Whiteboys

the-whiteboysThe Whiteboys, a secret Irish agrarian organisation in 18th-century Ireland which usesviolent tacticsto defend tenant farmer land rights for subsistence farming, is created on October 1, 1761. Their name derives from the white smocks the members wear in their nightly raids. They seek to address rack-rents, tithe collection, excessive priests’ dues, evictions and other oppressive acts. As a result they target landlords and tithe collectors. Over time, Whiteboyism becomes a general term for rural violence connected to secret societies.Because of this generalisation, the historical record for the Whiteboys as a specific organisation is unclear. There are three major outbreaks of Whiteboyism: 1761–64, 1770–76 and 1784–86.

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Peep o' Day Boys

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Peep o' Day Boys

The Peep o' Day Boys was an agrarian Protestant[1] association in 18th-century Ireland. Originally noted as being an agrarian society around 1779–80, from 1785 it became the Protestant component of the sectarian conflict that emerged in County Armagh, their rivals being the Catholic Defenders.[2][3] After the Battle of the Diamond in 1795, where an offshoot of the Peep o' Day Boys known as theOrange Boys defeated a force of Defenders,the Orange Order was instituted, and whilst repudiating the activities of the Peep o' Day Boys, they quickly superseded them.[3][4] The Orange Order would blame the Peep o' Day Boys for "the Armagh outrages" that followed the battle.[5]