The Route Tenants' Defence Association (R.T.D.A.), originally called the Route Tenant-Right Association, was founded in
Ballymoney
Ballymoney ( ga, Baile Monaidh , meaning 'townland of the moor') is a small town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The civil parish of Ballymoney is situated i ...
in 1869. It campaigned for the rights of tenant farmers in the area of
County Antrim
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known as
The Route
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Key members of the group included Thomas McElderry, chairman of the Ballymoney town commissioners and lessee of the markets in the town, and Samuel C. McElroy, editor of the ''
Ballymoney Free Press
The ''Ballymoney Free Press'' was a newspaper published from 1863 until November 1, 1934, when it was incorporated with the ''Coleraine Chronicle
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It was founded in 1844.
In 1934, it ...
'' and an auctioneer.
The R.T.D.A. was hostile to the
Land League
The Irish National Land League ( Irish: ''Conradh na Talún'') was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farme ...
, believing the latter's objectives were too extreme.
References
Irish agrarian protest societies
1869 establishments in Ireland