T he word “boycott” originates from the name of Captain Charles Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland in the late 19th century. In 1880, during the Irish Land War, Boycott worked for Lord ...

The word ‘boycott’ is now an everyday part of the English language, but only goes back as far as the 19th century – and its origins are tied directly to Ireland. Senior Mayo County Council ...

Charles Cunningham Boycott (March 12, 1832 – June 19, 1897) was an English land agent who became infamous after he was ostracized by his local community in Co Mayo, giving way to the verb "boycott.

The Irish Land War was an organized ... introduction of the concept of a “boycott” to the English-speaking part of the world. In 1881, landlord Captain Charles Boycott was ostracized by ...

Analysis: women were amongst the most active combatants in the Land War when it came to evictions ... notices on an estate managed by Captain Charles Boycott, thereby inaugurating the infamous ...

Before it was a term for a resistance tactic, Boycott was just one guy. Charles Boycott was a British land agent who lived in Ireland in the late 1800s. His job was to supervise land owned by Lord ...