The Ranch War in Riverstown, Co. Sligo, 1908 by Patrick Cosgrove

The Ranch War in Riverstown, Co. Sligo, 1908 by Patrick Cosgrove

This book investigates how the anti-grazing agitation known as the Ranch War (1906-1909) in Ireland operated at local level in Co. Sligo by focusing on the activities of the Riverstown United Irish League (UIL) branch. One of the most dramatic incidents of the agitation occurred in October 1908, when a young man named John Stenson was shot dead by the police at a cattle drive in Riverstown. At this time, the Riverstown UIL branch was operating a boycott of local Protestants (who refused to join or subscribe to the league) that led to a government prosecution known as the 'Riverstown conspiracy' case. Some of the major issues in Irish rural society during the period were played out at local level in Riverstown: the debate over law and order * the importation and distribution of guns * the tensions created in the nationalist movement by the Ranch War agitation * the emergence of a more extreme form of nationalism * unionist concerns over the fate of the loyal Protestant minority in the west of Ireland. While the various incidents at Riverstown may have been parochial in nature, they acquired national significance and, as this study reveals, attracted the attention of the leading politicians of the day. (Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History - Number 105)

Patrick Cosgrove arrived in California as a graduate student in Film and Television Studies and was soon afterward accepted as a Trainee into the Directors Guild of America. For seven years he was an Assistant Director in the Hollywood studio system on such films as Xanadu, Brainstorm, The Goonies and Top Gun, and has been apologizing for Howard the Duck since 1986. After leaving the Hollywood film business to be the parent at home for his two sons, he became a public high school teacher and has taught American Literature, Studio Art, Photography, and Film Studies. He now lives in the Sacramento area.

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ISBN 13	9781846823572
ISBN 10	1846823579
Title	The Ranch War in Riverstown, Co. Sligo, 1908
Author	Patrick Cosgrove
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Four Courts Press Ltd
Year published	2012-06-22
Number of pages	64
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