The first clash of the Tithe war…
March 1831 CE
The first clash of the Tithe war takes place on March 3, 1831 in Graiguenamanagh, county Kilkenny, when a force of one hundred and twenty armed police forcibly takes possession of cattle belonging to a Roman Catholic priest, in lieu of Tithes.
He has, with the approval of his bishop, organized people to resist Tithe collection; his example soon spreads, and shortly afterwards, …