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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...
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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...
- 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...
- Ireland. The club
fields teams in
hurling as
Rapparees and in
Gaelic football as Starlights. The
Rapparees Starlights club was
founded in 1972, following...
- 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...
-
ritualised clashes".
Combined with
Jacobite rhetoric and
symbolism among rapparees or bandits, some
historians claim this
provides evidence of continuing...
-
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...
- 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...
- and
selling protection against theft continued by
Irish clan
chiefs and
rapparees,
particularly against the
estates of Anglo-Irish landlords, well into...
