Captain Boycott and The Irish.
Author: MARLOW, Joyce.
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1973. 319 pages. Illustrated. Hardback.
Boycott was an Irish landlord in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, who, in 1879, refused demands from the Land League to reduce rents. He subsequently evicted three tenants who refused to pay his rent, leading to him being ostracised or `boycotted’ by the local community.
ISBN: 0841502714
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