Talk:Rapparee

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Galloping Hogan murdered by his associates? Brian Witt (Galloping Hogan and the battle of Campo Maior) has him a Brigadier General in Portugal in 1712 - is there a case of mistaken identity here? What is the source for the murder story?

Rapparees and betrayal
I have heard many legends about the adventures of these rapparees during their glory days in the 17th century. They seem to have caused more trouble and grief to the English who tried to rule them after Oliver Cromwell invaded Ireland. I just have one question I want to ask, however. It is as follows:

Did Irish Catholics often take part in hunting down Irish Rapparees during the 17th century? I have heard the Parliamentary armies in Ireland were forced to enlist Irish Catholics, who knew who the Irish Rapparees were, to capture them. Please let me know if this is true.

64.231.64.91 (talk) 23:49, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Micheal O'Siochru argues that the Protestant forces in Ireland included small numbers of Irish (catholic) soldiers in their ranks. The notoriously anti-catholic Charles Coote for example is known to have employed two brothers by the name of Costello who were Catholic. Genrally, the use of these Catholic soldiers was hushed up as it would have been extremely controversial in London if the news got out. That is O'Siochru's argument anyway. Apart from that, large rewards were offered for the heads of notorious tories, to encourage the local Irish to betray them. Inchiquin (talk) 08:44, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

private and public tories
This article and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland mention "private tories" while the conquest article sates: "The Cromwellians distinguished in their rewards for information or capture of outlaws between "private tories" and "public tories"." I could not find a reliable reference to this (only wikpedia mirrors) using Google web, Google Books or Google Scholar. That is not to say that the information is not correct just that the information must be from source that is not widely distributed and so this fact needs a citation. --PBS (talk) 09:32, 19 December 2008 (UTC)