Did you know boycotts started in Ireland? Yes, you read that right. We invented it and we definitely should be embracing it.

The word "boycott" itself originated during the 1880 Irish Land Wars, and referred to the resistance to English land agent and former army officer Captain Charles Boycott. Tenants of the absentee ...

BOYCOTT: The term “boycott” is named after an Irish landlord. After Charles Boycott tried to evict 11 tenants, the local community decided to shun him. Workers refused to work for him and ...