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Ireland's Tithe War and the Church Reform of 1833
In the 1830s, Ireland exploded into a violent, decentralized rebellion over an ancient tax: the tithe. While most history focuses on Daniel O'Connell's grand political campaigns, this episode dives into the lesser-known Tithe War (1830–1838) — a grassroots uprising of tenant farmers refusing to pay the compulsory tax that supported the Protestant Church of Ireland, even though the vast majority of Irish were Catholic. Lucas and Luna explore the brutal 'tithe proctors' and police baton charges at Carrickshock and Castlepollard, the rise of the 'Tithe Defaulters'…
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