Coalville Times | 1897-06-25 | Page 5 | The Word Boycott

The Word IIJoll London June 21Captaln Boycott le I dead He was about 85 year of age and became famous through being the first man subject to boycott in Ireland He waaa land agent In 1881 In the Con nemara section ol County Mayo where lie collected rents In 1880 Mr Iarne made speech In which he urged the people of Ireland to abstain from agrarian agra-rian crimes and to adopt Instead a pole Icy of lending harsh landlords agents and haUIOi to Coventry tho old term for boycotting Kventi shaped them salves that Captain Boycott was the lint man the Irish experimented en la this connection and hence the new familiar I word 01 boycott