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Route Tenants' Defence Association
The Route Tenants' Defence Association (R.T.D.A.), originally called the Route Tenant-Right Association, was founded in Ballymoney in 1869. It campaigned for the rights of tenant farmers in the area of County Antrim known as The Route.Samuel Clark, James S. Donnelly, Jr, (editors)Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest, 1780-1914 {{ISBN, 0299093743, (2003), page 206 Key members of the group included Thomas McElderry, chairman of the Ballymoney town commissioners and lessee of the markets in the town, and Samuel C. McElroy, editor of the ''Ballymoney Free Press'' and an auctioneer. The R.T.D.A. was hostile to the Land League The Irish National Land League ( Irish: ''Conradh na Talún'') was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farme ..., believing the latter's objectives were too extreme. References Irish agrarian protest societies ...
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Ballymoney
Ballymoney ( ga, Baile Monaidh , meaning 'townland of the moor') is a small town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The civil parish of Ballymoney is situated in the historic baronies of Dunluce Upper and Kilconway in County Antrim, as well as the barony of North East Liberties of Coleraine in County Londonderry. It had a population of 10,402 people at the 2011 Census. Ballymoney is located on the main road between Coleraine and Ballymena, with good road and rail connections to the main cities in Northern Ireland, Belfast and Derry. The Ballymoney area has the highest life expectancy of any area in Northern Ireland, with the average male life expectancy at birth being 79.9 years and 83.8 years for females in years between 2010 and 2012. Conversely, it was revealed in 2013 that Ballymoney residents are more likely to die from heart disease than anywhere else in Northern Ireland. The town hosts ...
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County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 618,000. County Antrim has a population density of 203 people per square kilometre or 526 people per square mile. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, as well as part of the historic province of Ulster. The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. According to the 2001 census, it is currently one of only two counties of the Island of Ireland in which a majority of the population are from a Protestant back ...
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Route, County Antrim
The Route ( ga, An Rúta) was a medieval territory in Gaelic Ireland, located on the north-east coast of Ulster. It stretched between Coleraine and Ballycastle and as far south as the Clogh River. Originally part of Twescard, a county of the Earldom of Ulster, it was later ruled by the MacQuillans and then the MacDonnells. History The territory of the Route was originally part of Twescard, a county of the Earldom of Ulster that at its height stretched from the Glens of Antrim to Inishowen. The murder of the Earl of Ulster in 1333 saw the Irish chiefdoms rebel and the Earldom of Ulster eventually collapsed, with it gradually almost all falling under Gaelic control. By the 1460s, the de Mandevilles, who held manors in Twescard, decided to abandon them and sold their land to the MacQuillans, who according to the '' Annals of Ulster'' were already in the region warring with the O'Cahans as far back as 1442. The MacQuillans themselves had fled from their territory in Down, having ...
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Glens Of Antrim Historical Society
The Glens of Antrim Historical Society (founded 1965) is a society for those interested in the history of the Glens of Antrim. It is recognised as one of the leading historical societies on the island of Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... Since 1975 it has published a journal called ''The Glynns''.Irish James G. RyanIrish Records: Sources for Family and Local History , (1997), page 63 References External linkswebsite of the Glens of Antrim Historical Society {{Authority control Glens of County Antrim Historical societies based in the Republic of Ireland ...
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Ballymoney Free Press
The ''Ballymoney Free Press'' was a newspaper published from 1863 until November 1, 1934, when it was incorporated with the ''Coleraine Chronicle The ''Coleraine Chronicle'' is a newspaper in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1844. In 1934, it incorporated the '' Ballymoney Free Press''. References {{Reflist External linksThe Coleraine Chronicle is 175 years old 17 April 2019Official w ...''. In its early years it was edited by Samuel C. McElroy, an auctioneer who was also a key member of the Route Tenants' Defence Association.Samuel Clark, James S. Donnelly, Jr, (editors)Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest, 1780-1914 {{ISBN, 0299093743, (2003), page 206 References Newspapers published in Ireland Newspapers established in 1863 Publications disestablished in 1934 ...
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Land League
The Irish National Land League (Irish: ''Conradh na Talún'') was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on. The period of the Land League's agitation is known as the Land War. Historian R. F. Foster argues that in the countryside the Land League "reinforced the politicization of rural Catholic nationalist Ireland, partly by defining that identity against urbanization, landlordism, Englishness and—implicitly—Protestantism." Foster adds that about a third of the activists were Catholic priests, and Archbishop Thomas Croke was one of its most influential champions. Background Following the founding meeting of the Mayo Tenants Defence Association in Castlebar, County Mayo on 26 October 1878 the demand for ''The Land of Ireland for the people of Ireland'' was reported in the '' Connaught Telegraph'' 2 November ...
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Irish Agrarian Protest Societies
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