Land War
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The Land War was a late 19th-century Irish agrarian agitation campaign marked by tenant resistance, rent strikes, and boycotts aimed at securing fair rents and land ownership from British landlords.
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agrarian agitation campaign
ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ social movement ⓘ tenant rights movement ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
fair rents
ⓘ
fixity of tenure ⓘ free sale of tenant interest ⓘ land ownership for Irish tenants ⓘ peasant proprietorship ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | early 1890s ⓘ |
| field |
Irish nationalism
ⓘ
agrarian politics ⓘ |
| hasCause |
agrarian distress
ⓘ
economic depression of the late 1870s ⓘ high rents ⓘ landlordism in Ireland ⓘ potato crop failures in the 1870s ⓘ tenant insecurity of tenure ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
expansion of tenant rights
ⓘ
growth of peasant proprietorship in Ireland ⓘ popularization of the term "boycott" ⓘ weakening of landlordism in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasGenre | agrarian conflict ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashbourne Land Act 1885
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Land Acts of the 1880s NERFINISHED ⓘ Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyndham Land Purchase Act 1903 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Charles Stewart Parnell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Davitt NERFINISHED ⓘ William O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location |
Connacht
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ rural Ireland ⓘ western Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent |
British Government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish landlord class ⓘ Royal Irish Constabulary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | British landlords in Ireland ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Irish National Land League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local land leagues ⓘ |
| participant |
Catholic clergy
ⓘ
Irish Nationalist politicians ⓘ Irish tenant farmers ⓘ rural labourers ⓘ smallholders ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Ireland under British rule ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Irish Home Rule movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Question NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Boycott of Captain Charles Boycott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kilmainham Treaty of 1882 NERFINISHED ⓘ formation of the Irish National Land League in 1879 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1879 ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
boycotts
ⓘ
legal test cases ⓘ mass meetings ⓘ public agitation ⓘ rent strikes ⓘ social ostracism ⓘ |
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