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...

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...

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...

John Mullan, more commonly known as Shane Crossagh O'Mullan, was an Irish rapparee/outlaw, who was executed in the 1720s at the Diamond, in Derry city. Shane...

Rapparees Starlights GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. The club fields teams in hurling as Rapparees...

Seamus McMurphy (Irish: Séamus Mór Mac Murchaidh) was an Irish poet and rapparee, who lived c. 1720-1750. He was born at Carnally, Creggan parish, near...

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...

often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry. The song, about a rapparee (highwayman) who is betrayed by his wife or lover, is one of the most widely...

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...

poetry composed in the Irish language and widespread popular support for rapparees, or Jacobite guerrillas, like Éamonn an Chnoic, John Hurley, and Galloping...

outlawed but de facto Chief of the Name of Clan O'Hanlon and leading local rapparee, is said in local oral tradition to have avenged the murdered priest and...

Oylegate-Glenbrien v Rapparees Oylegate-Glenbrien v Faythe Harriers Rapparees v Cloughbawn St Martin's v Shelmaliers Oylegate-Glenbrien v Cloughbawn Rapparees v Shelmaliers...

Balkans Kirdzhalis Klepht, anti-Ottoman insurgents in Greece and Cyprus Rapparee, Irish guerrillas during the 1690s Williamite war Robber baron Sardinian...

18th-century County Tipperary folk hero, composer of Irish bardic poetry, and rapparee; an outlawed Jacobite from the Gaelic nobility of Ireland who still held...

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...

Michael "Galloping" Hogan was an Irish rapparee or brigand following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. He was born in the parish of Doon, at the foot...

the OED. puss – As in sourpuss, comes from Irish pus, a pouting mouth. rapparee – An Irish highwayman, from ropaire (a stabber) rath – A strong circular...

Bands (alternate title: The Space Pirate, author's preferred title: The Rapparee) (1953) Vandals of the Void (young adult novel) (1953) To Live Forever...

Northern Irish broadcaster Seamus McMurphy (c. 1720–1750), Irish poet and rapparee Seamus McNamara (born 1985), American-born former Australian rules footballer...

O'Hanlon, British writer Redmond O'Hanlon (outlaw), 17th-century Irish rapparee Rory O'Hanlon, Irish politician Rory O'Hanlon (Irish judge), Irish High...

Colonel Sir John Hurley, Jacobite soldier and rapparee, fl. December 1694. Hurley was a son of William Hurly, 3rd Baronet, who was an M.P. for Kilmallock...

equipping and training this number was impossible and many were organised as Rapparees or irregulars, largely beyond Tyrconnell's control. Despite assurances...

Model Army. Their contemporaries in Ireland became known as "tories". Rapparees, Irish guerrillas of a later generation, fought for King James II after...

McHugh, also known as "Proinsías Dubh", was a notorious highwayman, or Rapparee, who 'robbed the rich to give to the poor' at the end of the 18th century...

Vietnam- Viet Cong's army Pindari – 18th century irregular horsemen in India Rapparee - Irish guerillas (1690s) Righteous Army— militias organised at several...

Irish contemporaries, the "tories", in part resisted English occupation. Rapparees – Irish guerrillas who fought for James II after the Revolution of 1688...

hAnluain), (c. 1640 – 25 April 1681) was a 17th-century Irish tóraidhe or rapparee; an outlawed member of the Gaelic nobility of Ireland who still held to...

1924 1910, 1913, 1920 13 Collegians 3 2 1917, 1918, 1919 1914, 1923 Rapparees 3 0 1891, 1894, 1912 — Army Metro 3 0 1933, 1935, 1938 — 16 New Irelands...

and selling protection against theft continued by Irish clan chiefs and rapparees, particularly against the estates of Anglo-Irish landlords, well into...