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Charles Cunningham Boycott (12 March 1832 – 19 June 1897) was an English land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the term boycott. He had served in the British Army 39th Foot , which brought him to Ireland.
The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish "Land War" and derives from Captain Charles Boycott, the land agent of an absentee landlord, Lord Erne, who lived in County Mayo, Ireland. Captain Boycott was the target of social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. As harvests had been poor that year, Lord Erne ...
The Limerick boycott, also known as the Limerick pogrom, [1] [2] was an economic boycott waged against the small Jewish community in Limerick, Ireland, between 1904 and 1906.. It was accompanied by assaults, stone throwing and intimidation, which caused many Jews to leave the ci
Irish Land League: Charles Boycott (origin of the term boycott) Desired land reform in Ireland [citation needed] 1891: Iranian Shia: United Kingdom: The Shah's granting of a tobacco monopoly to Britain: Tobacco Protest: 1891-1950 Australian unionists and local residents Local publicans and hotels around Australia
The most effective tactic of the Land League was the boycott (the word originates in Ireland in this period), ... An Atlas of Irish History. 2d ed. Methuen, 1981. 286 pp.
Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1875 to 1891, Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882, and then of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891, who held the balance of power in the House of Commons during the Home Rule debates of 1885–1886.
Ireland's history of antisemitism includes a range of manifestations, however, its history is often excluded from collective narratives. [57] According to the Anti-Defamation League, 21% of Ireland's adult population hold antisemitic views. [58] In 1904, an anti-Jewish incident known as Limerick boycott took place.
[28] Later, after 32 Jews left Limerick due to the agitation, [29] Fr. Creagh was disowned by his superiors who said that: religious persecution had no place in Ireland. [30] The Limerick Pogrom was the economic boycott waged against the small Jewish community for over two years.