John Madden was a Ribbonman transported to Australia for life. Can anyone tell me what is a Ribonman?
Adrian:
Here are a couple of links pertaining to your question. The second link has a fairly long article which provides a lot of history.
Roger McDonnell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbonism
http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/whiteboys%20and%20ribbonmen.pdf
Roger,
Many thanks for these links. Very helpful
Adrian