The Defenders (Irish: Na Cosantóirí) were a popular, oath-bound, society that reflected the range of Catholic grievance in late 18th-century Ireland. First formed as a vigilante response to the violence with which Protestants resisted competition for tenancies and employment in County Armagh, the Defenders spread rapidly as a lodge-based based fraternity across Ulster and into Leinster and Dublin City.
The Defenders (Irish: Na Cosantóirí) were a popular, oath-bound, society that reflected the range of Catholic grievance in late 18th-century Ireland. First formed as a vigilante response to the violence with which Protestants resisted competition for tenancies and employment in County Armagh, the Defenders spread rapidly as a lodge-based based fraternity across Ulster and into Leinster and Dublin City.
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