The First Irish Land Act 1870
Also known as the failed Irish Land Act 1870. A basic summary of this bill!
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- The First Irish Land Act 1870
- Was an attempt to give some sort of protection to Irish tenants.
- The courts were made to make sure that the Landlord did not charge high/exorbitant rents
- The First Irish Land Act 1870
- Was an attempt to give some sort of protection to Irish tenants.
- The courts were made to make sure that the Landlord did not charge high/exorbitant rents
- This meant that any farmer who had been evicted (even for non-payment of rent) but had done improvements to his land, was entitled to compensation.
- What was the result?
- The Act was almost a complete and utter failure
- It did niot define how high exorbitant rent was
- So landlords charged ridicoulsy high amounts and then evict their tenants for non-payment
- The legal system and the landlords seemed to bewith the latter supporting the former
- If a case was ruled in a tenats favour, they'd recieve very little compensation
- Very few farmers could afford a lawyer to represent them in a claim against their former landlord, however.
- If a case was ruled in a tenats favour, they'd recieve very little compensation
- The legal system and the landlords seemed to bewith the latter supporting the former
- So landlords charged ridicoulsy high amounts and then evict their tenants for non-payment
- Far from solving the land issue, it only served to dash expecations and arose more ill-feeling
- This caused frustration > leading to further violence and outrage in the countryside
- However!
- The land law was symbolic that someone in the highest authority was doing something for Ireland, and any measure could be built
- It did niot define how high exorbitant rent was
- The Act was almost a complete and utter failure
- How did people respond?
- Further frustrated invdivuals who were hoping for security of tenure which was not provided by the Act
- Oppostion from cabient
- Whig landoweners such as Argyll and Clarendon
- Who basically felt as though their interests were being threanted
- If a more radical bill was put forward, it would niot have passed the House of Lords
- Who basically felt as though their interests were being threanted
- Whig landoweners such as Argyll and Clarendon
- What was the result?
- The courts were made to make sure that the Landlord did not charge high/exorbitant rents
- This meant that any farmer who had been evicted (even for non-payment of rent) but had done improvements to his land, was entitled to compensation.
- What was the result?
- The Act was almost a complete and utter failure
- It did niot define how high exorbitant rent was
- So landlords charged ridicoulsy high amounts and then evict their tenants for non-payment
- The legal system and the landlords seemed to bewith the latter supporting the former
- If a case was ruled in a tenats favour, they'd recieve very little compensation
- Very few farmers could afford a lawyer to represent them in a claim against their former landlord, however.
- If a case was ruled in a tenats favour, they'd recieve very little compensation
- The legal system and the landlords seemed to bewith the latter supporting the former
- So landlords charged ridicoulsy high amounts and then evict their tenants for non-payment
- Far from solving the land issue, it only served to dash expecations and arose more ill-feeling
- This caused frustration > leading to further violence and outrage in the countryside
- However!
- The land law was symbolic that someone in the highest authority was doing something for Ireland, and any measure could be built
- It did niot define how high exorbitant rent was
- The Act was almost a complete and utter failure
- How did people respond?
- Further frustrated invdivuals who were hoping for security of tenure which was not provided by the Act
- Oppostion from cabient
- Whig landoweners such as Argyll and Clarendon
- Who basically felt as though their interests were being threanted
- If a more radical bill was put forward, it would niot have passed the House of Lords
- Who basically felt as though their interests were being threanted
- Whig landoweners such as Argyll and Clarendon
- What was the result?
- Was an attempt to give some sort of protection to Irish tenants.
- The First Irish Land Act 1870
- The courts were made to make sure that the Landlord did not charge high/exorbitant rents
- Was an attempt to give some sort of protection to Irish tenants.
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