Here are the results for the letter r
- RAPPAREE
- Ropaire in Irish, meaning highwayman. Many of these belonged to Irish families whose lands were taken from them by violence and force.
- RATH
- Fort.
- RAUGHLIN
- Raughlin, the former Reachlann, meaning unknown, was used on the Ordinance Survey may to designate an islet in Lough Neagh which is now connected to the mainland by a causeway. Until recently, Raughlin was the residence of the Fforde family, who were also proprietors of the island and of the adjacent land in Derrymacash
- RE-ENTRY
- The right of the landlord to take possession of a holding should the tenant fail to perform any or all of the clauses of the lease.
- RECEIVER
- Person appointed by court to hold property until a suit is settled.
- RECONVEYANCE
- Property sold to another person is transferred back to the original owner.
- REDEMPTIONER
- An immigrant to the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries who paid for his voyage by serving as a bondservant for a specified period of time after arrival
- REED MAKER
- Made weaving reeds - a reed is a comb-like device for beating the weft thread into place as it is passed by the shuttle, the warp threads passing between the teeth of the reed.
- REEVE
- Churchwarden; early name for sheriff.
- REIVE
- To take away by force, expecially livestock.
- RELIEFS
-
Payment for soccage tenures, usually one year's rent.
- RESURRECTION MEN
- Grave Robbers. Apart from using the bodies of hanged criminals, dissection was illegal, so 17c. doctors took to breaking the law. Resurrection men would look for recent burials, dig up the corpse and sell it to a doctor. At £3 a body, you could make a decent living out of the practice. Resurrection men became so unpopular that they ran the risk of being torn to pieces if caught by a mob.
- RETENTIONIST VIEW
- A vantage point in Irish English studies where considerable weight is accorded to regional English input to Ireland in the genesis of the specific forms of English in Ireland. This stance implies that the role of Irish is not assumed to have played a central role.
- REVENUER
- Officer enforcing the law against illegal manufacturing of whiskey
- RING SPINNER
- Operated a Ring Spinning Machine - Ring spinning was a method for the continuous spinning of cotton.
- ROLL TURNER
- Carded yarn into rolls prior to spinning.
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