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The Route Tenants' Defence Association (R.T.D.A.), originally called the Route Tenant-Right Association,〔Frank Thompson, (The End of Liberal Ulster: Land Agitation and Land Reform 1868-1886 ), ISBN 190368806X, (2001), page 106〕 was founded in Ballymoney in 1869. It campaigned for the rights of tenant farmers in the area of Country Antrim known as The Route.〔J.R.B. McMinn, (The Land League in North Antrim 1880–82 ), The Glens of Antrim Historical Society〕〔Samuel Clark, James S. Donnelly, Jr, (editors), (Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest, 1780-1914 ), ISBN 0299093743, (2003), page 206〕 Key members of the group included Thomas McElderry, chairman of the Ballymoney town commissioners and lessee of the markets in the town, and Samuel C. McElroy, editor of the Ballymoney Free Press and an auctioneer. The R.T.D.A. was hostile to the Land League, believing the latter's objectives were too extreme. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Route Tenants' Defence Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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