Editing Loyalism (section)

==== Ireland ====
The term ''loyalist'' was first used in Irish politics in the 1790s to refer to Protestant Irishmen (often of English or Scottish ancestry) who opposed [[Catholic Emancipation]] and Irish independence from the British Empire.<ref name="Cross1920">{{cite book|author=Arthur Lyon Cross|title=A shorter history of England and greater Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5yAOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA593|year=1920|publisher=The Macmillan company|pages=593–595, 597}}</ref> Prominent Irish loyalists included [[John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel|John Foster]], [[John Fitzgibbon, 1st Earl of Clare|John Fitzgibbon]] and [[John Beresford (statesman)|John Beresford]]. In the subsequent [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]], the term ''ultra loyalist'' was used to describe those who were opposed to the [[United Irishmen]], who were in support of an independent [[Irish Republic]]. In 1795, [[Ulster loyalist]]s founded the [[Orange Order]] and organised the [[Yeoman]] Militia, which helped to put down the rebellion. Some loyalists, such as [[Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet, of Tourin|Richard Musgrave]], considered the rebellion a Catholic plot to drive Protestant colonists out of Ireland.<ref name="Cross1920" />