Whiteboys — (engl., spr. weitbeus, »Weißburschen«), Geheimbund in Irland seit 1760, um harte Grundheeren, Beamte etc. zu strafen … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Whiteboys — (ueitbeus) d.h. weiße Buben, Name der irischen Banden, welche gegen die Zehentherrn, namentlich aus der hochkirchlichen Geistlichkeit, sich auflehnten, nachts die Häuser anzündeten, die Geächteten mordeten etc., hörten erst durch O Connell u. den … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Whiteboys — The Whiteboys were a secret Irish agrarian organization in 18th century Ireland which used violent tactics to defend tenant farmer land rights for subsistence farming. Their name derives from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly… … Wikipedia
Whiteboys — Les Whiteboys (littéralement « Garçons blancs »), sont le nom donné à des coalitions de paysans qui se formèrent en Irlande en 1761. Ce nom vient de ce que les membres de l association portaient, dans leurs expéditions nocturnes, un… … Wikipédia en Français
Whiteboys — /hwuyt boyz , wuyt /, n. (used with a sing. v.) a secret agrarian peasant organization, active in Ireland during the early 1760s, whose members wore white shirts for recognition on their night raids to destroy crops, barns, and other property in… … Universalium
WHITEBOYS — a secret Irish organisation that at the beginning of George III. s reign asserted their grievances by perpetrating agrarian outrages; so called from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Whiteboys — /hwuyt boyz , wuyt /, n. (used with a sing. v.) a secret agrarian peasant organization, active in Ireland during the early 1760s, whose members wore white shirts for recognition on their night raids to destroy crops, barns, and other property in… … Useful english dictionary
Вайтбойс — (Whiteboys белые ребята ) так назывались в Ирландии члены возникших около 1760 г. многочисленных союзов, мстившие бесчеловечным землевладельцам, священникам, чиновникам и их пособникам и состоявшие преимущественно из лишенных крова поденщиков,… … Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона
Neddy Lohan — Neddy Lohan, Captain of Irish Whiteboys, died 1820. Lohan was a captain of a group of Whiteboys in the Moylough area of County Galway, responsible for rural unrest and violence. They were opposed by Charles O Rourke (Moylough), a landlord based… … Wikipedia
Molly Maguires — For the movie, see The Molly Maguires (film). Location of the counties in northeastern Pennsylvania where the Molly Maguires were active The Molly Maguires were members of an Irish American secret society, whose members consisted mainly of coal… … Wikipedia
