203 Index { Act of Union (1800), 43, 47, 48, 60, 70, 153 Albany (New York), 72–73, 104, 105, 128, 130 American Marble Company, 139 Anbinder, Tyler, 6–7, 16, 88, 90, 161 Anglesey, Lord, 51 antimilitia riots, 41 antitithe wars, 49–52; Ballykilcline strikers influenced by, 21; Catholic identity in, 15–16; external influences on, 60; secret societies in, 51, 68 Armagh Guardian, 123, 124 army, British, 67–68 Ashbrook, 21 assisted emigration, 10–11, 26–27, 159–61 Austin, Michael L., xxi, 136, 138, 140, 146 Australia, banishment to, xvii, 29, 32, 43, 122–23, 157 Bailyn, Bernard, 108 Balfe, Kate, 48 Ballinamuck, Battle of, 43 Ballintobber, 41, 63 Ballintobber North, 64, 85, 86 Ballykilcline, 1–35; class identity of people of, xvii; Crown aid to evictees, 11; descendants on Scally’s The End of Hidden Ireland, 9–10; early migration from, 23, 157–59; economic circumstances of residents of, 54–59; as emptied by the eviction, 4; evictees resettle in Rutland, 3–4, 71–95, 153–57; evictees work in Vermont marble industry, 3–4, 146, 154–55; Fenian activity in, 106; firearms in, 63; Great Famine’s effect on, 10, 23–24, 35; Irish Reproductive Loan Fund in, 58; in Kilglass Parish, xvi, 37; literacy of people from, 6, 86–87, 154, 158; location of, 36; material culture in, 55–56; meaning of name, 37; O’Donovan on tenants of, 7; in parliamentary debate, 2; population at time of rent strike, 23; population in 1749, 19; population turnover in, 23–25; Scally on people of, 8–9; seized by English crown, 18, 36; sources for identifying emigrants from, xvii–xviii; subleased to Mahon estate, xviii, 2, 20, 37, 43; transferred back to Crown control, 20–21; unique experiences in, 10. See also Ballykilcline rent strike Ballykilcline rent strike: advantages of strikers for life in U.S., 152–53; antitithe protest as influence on, 51; as atypical, 10; beginning of, 21–22; class consciousness developed in, 14–15; duration of, 4; economic worth of leaders of, 57; effects on emigrants of, 165–67; emigration decided on by strikers, 158; evictions of strikers, 22–26, 49; external influences on, 60; Great Famine’s effect on, 10, 35; historical context of, 36; liabilities of strikers, 152; memory of, 167–68; population turnover and, 25; Rutland marble strikes and, 163, 167; strikers evicted and deported, 1; strikers pool resources to hire lawyer, 56; transfer back to Crown control and, 21; troops evict tenants in, 25–26 Ballykilcline Society, xvi, xxi, 10 banks. See savings banks Banning of Popular Meetings act, 54 Barnes, William F., 81, 82, 136–38, 139, 140, 142, 145, 149–50 Batchelder, Annie Kelly, 92 Batchelder, Edgar A., 92 Baxter, H. H., 140 Bell, Anne Marie, xvi–xvii, 184n.4 204 Index Benevolent Society, 148–49, 154 Bianconi coaches, 60, 65, 66 Billings, Avery, 81–82 Blakeney and Harkan, 23 Blewett, Mary, 6, 14, 90 Bolton (Lancashire), 128–29 Boston: Irish immigrants raise money for Ireland, 90; Irish immigrants’ savings in, 88; Rutland as close to, 163; Troy and Boston railroad, 83; as unlikely place for Irish, 162 Boston Pilot, xix, 84, 101, 159, 162 Boyle, 52, 63, 64, 67 Boyle, John W., 39, 40, 42, 49, 54 Boyne, Battle of the, 36, 92 Brannon, Hubert, 184n.6 Brehon law, 38 Brennan, Bridget Geelan, 118, 147, 171, 179, 185n.20 Brennan, Daniel, 75, 159, 171, 179, 185n.20 Brennan, Ellen, 186n.20 Brennan, Henry, 33–34, 57–58 Brennan, Maria Kelly, 147, 171, 179, 185n.20 Brennan, Nancy McGuire, 76, 185n.11 Brennan, William: assets of, 147, 159, 179; citizenship sought by, 75; family of, 76; Michael Igo as brother-in-law of, 118; as literate, 171; marries Bridget Geelan, 185n.20 Brennan family: roots and settlement of, 111. See also family members by name Brighton, Stephen A., 56 Brislin, Bridget, 123 Brislin, Bridget Waters, 124 Brislin, Henry C., 125 Brislin, John (brother of Patrick), 124 Brislin, John (father of Patrick), 123 Brislin, Mary Haley Neary, 124 Brislin, Patrick, 123–24; assets of, 161; files for citizenship, 75, 124; as fugitive from law, 109, 110, 123–24, 158 Brislin family, 122–25; roots and settlement of, 110. See also family members by name British army, 67–68 British Emigration Commissioners, 89 Broeker, Galen, 47, 67, 68, 168 Burlington (Vermont), 71 burning, 53 Burns family: O’Beirne becomes Burns in America, 75; Roscommon origins of, 75. See also O’Beirne family Butler, Mary Colligan, 171 Butler, Ruth S...