This is from Wikipedia - so very true!
The word
"Tory" derives from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe; modern Irish tóraí: outlaw,
robber or brigand, from the Irish word tóir, meaning "pursuit", since outlaws were "pursued men".[4][5] It was originally used to refer to an Irish outlaw and later applied to Confederates or Royalists in arms.[6] The term was thus originally a term of abuse, "an Irish rebel", before being adopted as a political label in the same way as Whig.
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