• William Gladstone: British PM, liberal, introduced home rule
• Michael Davitt: interested in radical politics- lead him
to join the IRB, imprisoned in Dartmoor for gun running
• Captain Boycott: English landlord who carried out many evictions, the public
became outraged and convinced Boycott’s workers to refuse their services
Events
• 1870 Gladstone’s land act- gave tenant farmers compensation
if they had made improvements on the land
• 1879 National land league formed- demanding 3 F’s
• 1885 Ashbourne purchase act- loans given to tenants if they want to buy their land
Post Famine crisis
The famine meant that life became even harder for the tenants in Ireland, who were subjected
to eviction, lack of compensation and there was a lack of money donated to improving farms
The 3F's
Fair rent: Rent fixed by a tribunal
Fixity of tenure: a guarenteed tenure of land over a period of time
Free sale: Tenants compensated for improvements made to the
holding. Also, selling the interest in a holding to the next tenant