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Land League
Land League (Irish National Land League), the key organization in the main phase of the Land War, founded in Dublin in October 1879. Its chief architect was Michael Davitt, who intended it to promote and co‐ordinate a countywide campaign against landlordism. The decision of Charles Stewart Parnell to accept the presidency of the organization greatly widened its potential scope and facilitated the absorption of the existing Central Tenants' Defence Association. The league had a widely representative committee of 54, but this had no mechanism for controlling the executive, which was dominated by men of advanced nationalist view. Starting from its original stronghold in Co. Mayo the league extended its network of branches throughout the country (except for the predominantly Protestant areas of Ulster), aided where necessary by the work of travelling organizers remunerated from the league's plentiful american funds. The weekly United Ireland was launched in August 1881 as the organ of the league.
While peasant proprietorship was a stated objective of the Land League, some of its supporters had more revolutionary aims. The majority of tenants entertained the less ambitious hope of rent reductions and the concession of this under the Land Act of August 1881 undermined the unity of the league. That in turn emboldened the government to lodge Parnell and most of the executive in Kilmainham jail. When the prisoners issued a ‘no rent’ manifesto the authorities responded by outlawing the league, on 20 October 1881. Following his release in May 1882 Parnell effectively dismantled what remained of the Land League and also the Ladies' Land League. Richard Vincent Comerford |
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"Land League." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Land League." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-LandLeague.html "Land League." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-LandLeague.html |
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Land League
Land League An agrarian organization in Ireland. It was founded in 1879 by an ex-FENIAN, Michael DAVITT, to secure reforms in the land-holding system. With Charles PARNELL as president, it initiated the boycotting of anyone replacing a tenant evicted because of non-payment of rent (see BOYCOTT, CHARLES CUNNINGHAM). The campaign for land reform was linked with parliamentary activity by the Irish HOME RULE Members of Parliament. The British government declared the Land League illegal and imprisoned Davitt and Parnell. Branches of the League were formed in Australia, the USA, and elsewhere. Between 1881 and 1903 British governments passed Land Acts to remove the worst features of the landlord system in Ireland.
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"Land League." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Land League." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-LandLeague.html "Land League." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-LandLeague.html |
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Land League
Land League Irish association formed (1879) to campaign for land reform and tenants' rights in Ireland. It was organized by Michael Davitt and Charles Parnell. Its aims were mainly realized in the Irish Land Act (1881). See also Fenian movement; Home Rule, Irish
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"Land League." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Land League." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-LandLeague.html "Land League." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-LandLeague.html |
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Land League
Land League see Irish Land Question . |
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"Land League." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Land League." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-LandLeag.html "Land League." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-LandLeag.html |
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