The Liberty and Ormond Boys: Factional Riot in Eighteenth-Century Dublin

by James Kelly

Compared with organised agrarian protest, factional disorder (rural and urban) in eighteenth-century Ireland has escaped close scrutiny. The Ormond and Liberty Boys have achieved a considerable measure of renown but the picture of them available to date is misleading and incomplete. The object of this study is to set the Liberty and Ormond Boys in their contemporary context. The conditions necessary to enable factions to develop and flourish in Dublin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851828974
• ISBN13: 9781851828975
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.3"