Category Archives: Riot

Military Rowdyism: the Derbyshire (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment in Limerick, 1888

Why a song provoked mob violence in the Limerick city’s streets in 1888. Continue reading

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A sore election: the 12th Lancers in Dungarvan, 1866

Violence was common during nineteenth-century Irish elections, with rival party factions obstructing voters by fair means or foul. As a result, polling day acquired a ‘military character’, with infantry and cavalry assisting the constabulary in escorting voters and controlling crowds. … Continue reading

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“The Battle of Kinsale refought”: a riot and a song, 12 July 1859

On the afternoon of 12 July, fighting, window breaking and shouting disturbed the residents of Kinsale, a small Cork town with a large barracks on the outskirts. A group of Antrim militiamen who had been drinking in a local pub … Continue reading

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