Captain Rock

Captain Rock was a mythical Irish Folk hero, and the name used for the Agrarian rebel group he represented in the south-west of Ireland from 1821-1824.[1] Similar to the earlier Whiteboys, they arose as a reaction against the English and Anglo-Irish Feudal landowners. Captain Rock (or Rockites) were responsible for up to a thousand incidents of murder, arson, rape and mutilation in the short time they were active.[2]

References

  1. Ellis, Peter Berresford. Irelands Forgotten Rockite Rebellion, The Irish Democrat, 27 July (2004)
  2. The Irish Examiner. Review of 'Captain Rock: The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824', March 6 (2010)

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