The Belfast Boycott was a protest designed to dislodge loyalism in Northern Ireland, punish its adherents for perceived intolerance toward Catholics and end Irish partition. The boycott was set off by the expulsion of several thousand Catholic workers from employment in Belfast in July 1920. A total boycott of all goods coming from Belfast was implemented by the Dáil in September 1920. Boycotting provided Irish nationalists with an alternative to violent retaliation that allowed for the participation of a wider segment of the Irish population and diaspora in the revolutionary movement. However, such mass mobilisation meant that nationalists had to entrust their plan for an independent Ireland to a segment of the population that they overwhelmingly viewed as politically and economically uninformed: Irish women. The boycott offers a new vantage point from which to view the actions of and attitudes towards women and the role of mass mobilisation during the revolution. This article explores nationalists’ conceptions of Irish identity, the intersection between consumerism and patriotism, and the role that women played as both political and economic actors throughout the Irish revolutionary period.

贝尔法斯特抵制运动是一场旨在消除北爱尔兰忠诚主义的抗议活动，惩罚其追随者对天主教徒的不容忍，并结束爱尔兰的分裂。1920 年 7 月，数千名天主教工人被驱逐出贝尔法斯特的就业岗位，引发了抵制。1920 年 9 月，议会对所有来自贝尔法斯特的商品实施了全面抵制。抵制为爱尔兰民族主义者提供了一种替代暴力报复的方式允许更广泛的爱尔兰人口和侨民参与革命运动。然而，这种大规模动员意味着民族主义者不得不将他们的独立爱尔兰计划委托给他们绝大多数认为在政治和经济上不知情的人群：爱尔兰妇女。抵制活动提供了一个新的视角，可以从中观察妇女的行为和态度，以及革命期间群众动员的作用。本文探讨了民族主义者对爱尔兰身份的概念、消费主义和爱国主义之间的交集，以及女性在整个爱尔兰革命时期作为政治和经济行为者所扮演的角色。