Ribbonism
19th-century popular movement of poor Catholics in Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ribbonism, whose supporters were usually called Ribbonmen, was a 19th-century popular movement of poor Catholics in Ireland. The movement was also known as Ribandism. The Ribbonmen were active against landlords and their agents, and opposed "Orangeism", the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.