Irish secret societies

international fraternal and religious organization

liberal political organization

19th century secret society in Ireland

Irish republican organization

United States criminal syndicate of Irishmen and Irish-Americans

Loyalist/Protestant organization

The Whiteboys () were a secret Irish agrarian organisation in 18th-century Ireland which defended tenant-farmer land-rights for subsistence farming. Their name derives from the white smocks that members wore in their nighttime raids. Because they levelled fences at night, they were usually called "Levellers" by the authorities, and by themselves "Queen Sive Oultagh's children" ("Sive" or "Sieve Oultagh" being anglicised from the Irish Sadhbh Amhaltach, or Ghostly Sally), "fairies", or followers of "Johanna Meskill" or "Sheila Meskill" (symbolic figures supposed to lead the movement). They soug

Roman Catholic agrarian secret society in 18th-century Ireland

Irish republican organization

Protestant fraternal organization