Irish Land War
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The Irish Land War was a late 19th-century agrarian agitation in Ireland marked by tenant resistance, mass protests, and political campaigns to end landlordism and secure fair rents and land ownership for Irish farmers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Land War in County Cork | 1 |
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agrarian conflict
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political campaign ⓘ social movement ⓘ tenant-rights movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Land War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
absence of tenant ownership
ⓘ
agricultural crisis ⓘ economic depression of the late 1870s ⓘ high rents ⓘ land evictions ⓘ potato crop failures ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 1892 ⓘ |
| goal |
end of landlordism in Ireland
ⓘ
fair rents ⓘ fixity of tenure ⓘ free sale of tenant interest ⓘ peasant proprietorship ⓘ security of land ownership for Irish farmers ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
British land policy in Ireland
ⓘ
rural social relations in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Boycott campaign
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New Departure NERFINISHED ⓘ No Rent Manifesto NERFINISHED ⓘ Plan of Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashbourne Act 1885
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Home Rule movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Land Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyndham Land Purchase Act 1903 NERFINISHED ⓘ later agrarian movements in Ireland ⓘ |
| location | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
land reform in Ireland
ⓘ
landlordism ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British Conservative governments
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish landlords ⓘ law-and-order organizations in Ireland ⓘ |
| participant |
British Government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Catholic clergy in Ireland ⓘ Charles Stewart Parnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Fenian movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish National Land League NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish landlords ⓘ Irish tenant farmers ⓘ Michael Davitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Irish Constabulary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Irish nationalist movement
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history of Ireland under British rule ⓘ |
| result |
expansion of tenant rights
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growth of peasant proprietorship ⓘ politicization of rural Ireland ⓘ reduction of landlord power in Ireland ⓘ strengthening of Irish nationalism ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Kilmainham Treaty of 1882
NERFINISHED
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Parnell’s Westport speech of 1879 NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenix Park Murders of 1882 NERFINISHED ⓘ founding of the Irish National Land League in 1879 ⓘ issuance of the No Rent Manifesto in 1881 ⓘ launch of the Plan of Campaign in 1886 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1879 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
boycotts
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land-grabbing prevention ⓘ legal agitation ⓘ mass meetings ⓘ parliamentary obstruction ⓘ public speeches ⓘ rent strikes ⓘ resistance to evictions ⓘ social ostracism ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Land War in County Cork