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Captain Rock: The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824

By James S. Donnelly, Jr
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By James S. Donnelly, Jr
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Named for its mythical leader “Captain Rock,” avenger of agrarian wrongs, the Rockite movement of 1821-24 in Ireland was notorious for its extraordinary violence. In Captain Rock, James S. Donnelly, Jr., offers both a fine-grained analysis of the conflict and a broad exploration of Irish rural society after the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
Originating in west Limerick, the Rockite movement spread quickly under the impact of a prolonged economic depression. Before long the insur...

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HistoryEuropean HistoryIrish HistoryGeneral & Miscellaneous Irish History