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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...
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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...
- 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...
- In the
music of Ireland,
Irish rebel songs refer to folk
songs which are
primarily about the
various rebellions against English (and
later British) Crown...
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Seamus McMurphy (Irish: Séamus Mór Mac Murchaidh) was an
Irish poet and
rapparee, 1720-1750. He was born at Carnally,
Creggan parish, near Crossmaglen,...
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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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Rapparees Starlights GAA is a
Gaelic Athletic ****ociation club
located in Enniscorthy,
County Wexford, Ireland. The club
fields teams in
hurling as Rapparees...
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individual who
engages in
unauthorized warfare against foreign countries Rapparee, the
Irish usage Meadowbrook Freebooters,
American polo team Freebooter...
- in
Ulster following the Restoration. Tory was also used to
refer to a
rapparee and
later applied to
Confederates or
Cavaliers in arms. The term Tory was...
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ritualised clashes".
Combined with
Jacobite rhetoric and
symbolism among rapparees or bandits, some
historians claim this
provides evidence of continuing...
