The Irish Land Issue, 1870-82

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Poorest class in Ireland that had been largely wiped out by the Famine.
Cottiers
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Method of farming that transitioned from arable.
Pastoral
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A system that meant no security with the west of Ireland still dominated by small holdings.
Conacre
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People who tenants payed their rents to.
Middlemen
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1850 saw the creation of this League who demanded the 3 F's (in the form of an abbreviation).
ITL
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3 things that the members of the Irish Tenant League demanded.
ThreeFs
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PM who made is his 'mission to pacify Ireland'.
Gladstone
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The Dublin Conference aimed to spread this in 1870.
UlsterCustom
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The clause in the 1st Land Act which offered loans to tenants covering 2/3rds cost.
BrightClause
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Period of time that saw a global economic crash.
LongDepression
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A food that fell in price that was often used to pay for tenants rent.
Butter
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The lack of jobs lead to rates of this during the long depression.
Unemployment
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The crop that the 1877 poor harvest hit particularly hard.
Potato
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Number of families that had been evicted by 1878.
Thousand
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Place where the mini famine took place in 1879.
Connacht
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The area that the Land War began in Ireland.
West
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The two figures who established the Land League.
DavittParnell
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Tactic used in the land war that was named after a captain.
Boycott
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Name of figure who was made the Chief Secretary of Ireland.
Forster
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The country Parnell and Devoy toured to raise funds for the land war.
America
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The name of the Commission that was set up by Gladstone that recommended the legislation to grant the 3 F's to Irish tenants.
Bessborough
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Act introduced by Forster in 1881 that suspended Habeas Corpus and led to 1000 arrests.
Coercion
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Key figure who was arrested in 1881 and published the No Rent Manifesto.
Parnell
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Name of the treaty that Gladstone agreed to release Parnell and introduce a Rent Arrears Act.
Kilmainham
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What League was built on the foundations of the Land League in 1882 that supported Parnell's campaign for Home Rule.
National
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Card 2

Front

Method of farming that transitioned from arable.

Back

Pastoral

Card 3

Front

A system that meant no security with the west of Ireland still dominated by small holdings.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

People who tenants payed their rents to.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

1850 saw the creation of this League who demanded the 3 F's (in the form of an abbreviation).

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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