Irish Land Acts
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The Irish Land Acts were a series of 19th- and early 20th-century laws that transformed land ownership in Ireland by enabling tenant farmers to purchase land from landlords, thereby undermining the traditional Anglo-Irish landlord class.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irish Land Act 1881 | 1 |
| Irish Land Purchase (Wyndham) Act 1903 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land reform legislation
ⓘ
series of laws ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
landlords in Ireland
ⓘ
tenant farmers in Ireland ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| field |
agricultural law
ⓘ
economic history of Ireland ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
addressed aspects of the Irish land question
ⓘ
altered rural social structure in Ireland ⓘ changed patterns of land tenure ⓘ contributed to decline of the landlord system ⓘ expanded peasant proprietorship ⓘ facilitated tenant purchase of land ⓘ increased owner-occupation of farms ⓘ reduced power of absentee landlords ⓘ undermined Anglo-Irish landlord class ⓘ weakened traditional estate system ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Irish Land Act 1903
NERFINISHED
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Irish Land Act 1909 NERFINISHED ⓘ Land Act 1923 NERFINISHED ⓘ Land Act 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881 NERFINISHED ⓘ Land Law (Ireland) Act 1887 NERFINISHED ⓘ Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870 NERFINISHED ⓘ Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act 1885 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| influenced | structure of rural society in independent Ireland ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Irish Parliamentary Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
agrarian agitation in Ireland ⓘ |
| legalForm | Act of Parliament ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
agrarian question in Ireland
ⓘ
land reform in Ireland ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enable tenants to buy their holdings
ⓘ
to reform land tenure in Ireland ⓘ to regulate relations between landlords and tenants ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Congested Districts Board for Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Home Rule movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Land War NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish nationalism ⓘ Land Commission (Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | transfer of land from landlords to tenants ⓘ |
| startTime | 1870 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Irish Land Purchase (Wyndham) Act 1903
this entity surface form:
Irish Land Act 1881