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The carrickshock incident refers to the attack that took place on the 14 December 1831 in a place called carrickshock in county kilkenny ireland when a crowd of locals attacked a tithe collector and a detachment of the RIC who were escorting him. This incident refers to one of the many incidents of resistance to the collection of tithes that occurred during the tithe wars of 1831-1836.