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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.
Irish leaders will skip St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the U.S. this year to protest President Donald Trump calling for the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.. St. Patrick’s Day ...
The self-declared Irish Republic approved the 'Belfast Boycott' of unionist-owned businesses and banks in the city. It was enforced by the IRA, who halted trains and lorries and destroyed goods. A truce began on 11 July 1921, ending the fighting in most of 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 ...
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill said on Friday she would not attend St Patrick's Day events at the White House in protest over President Donald Trump's position on Gaza. "We are ...
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
Ireland did, however, boycott the 1936 Berlin Games in protest at a 1935 IOC ruling that restricted the Irish Olympic Council's jurisdiction from the entire island to the territory of the Irish Free State. [3]
20 May – Dublin dock workers refused to handle British military material, and were soon joined in the boycott by members of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. 22 May – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV beatified Oliver Plunkett. 4 June – The IRA ordered a boycott of the RIC and their families. [3]