page_title: Carrickshock incident
hierarchical_section_title: Carrickshock incident
caption_attribution_description: Bas-relief at the base of the stone cross memorial to the Carrickshock incident, near Hugginstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The cross erected in 1925 celebrates an affray in 1831 during the Tithe War in which a mass of local tenant farmers/peasants ambushed a party of RIC constables attempting to enforce payment of tithes owed to the Church of Ireland rector. The monument names four locals: the leader and the three who were killed. The tithe collection agent was killed along with thirteen RIC men, including Captain James Gibbons, depicted on horseback.
context_page_description: The Carrickshock incident, Carrickshock massacre, or battle of Carrickshock was a confrontation between the Irish Constabulary and local Catholic tenant farmers near Carrickshock, near Hugginstown, County Kilkenny on 14 December 1831, during the Tithe War in Ireland. Seventeen were killed: 14 of a party attempting to collect tithes and three of the crowd of locals who confronted them. The incident was unusual among massacres in the Tithe War in that the majority of casualties were supporters rather than opponents of tithes.
context_section_description: The Carrickshock incident, Carrickshock massacre, or battle of Carrickshock was a confrontation between the Irish Constabulary and local Catholic tenant farmers near Carrickshock, near Hugginstown, County Kilkenny on 14 December 1831, during the Tithe War in Ireland. Seventeen were killed: 14 of a party attempting to collect tithes and three of the crowd of locals who confronted them. The incident was unusual among massacres in the Tithe War in that the majority of casualties were supporters rather than opponents of tithes.
caption: Relief on the base of the memorial cross at the site of the incident.
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