Picture No | 10424619 |
Date | 1886 |
Description | General Sir Redvers Buller in Ireland |
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Front page of The Illustrated London News, depicting Major-General Sir Redvers Buller in Kerry, South West Ireland, visiting a 'protection' hut, erected for the accommodation of police in the fight against the Moonlighters, local groups set up to resist the evictions by landlords in Ireland during the period. The top picture illustrates the village of Firies in Kerry, the centre of the 'Moonlighters' district.
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Source | Engraving in The Illustrated London News by W.H. Overend, 30 October 1886, front cover |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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