Ireland Stats - Land

When was the Irish Tenant League formed and when did it end?

1850 - 59

When did Gladstone become PM?

1868

When was the Ir tenant league reformed? Under who?

1869 - Issac Butt

How many tenant farmers were there in 1870?

500,000

When was the Dublin Land Conference?

1870

What journal did John Gray own?

Freeman’s Journal

Leases had to be under how many years in order to qualify for compensation for wrongful eviction under the 1870 land act?

31 years

What fraction of the price of land would the government cover under the Bright Clause of the 1870 land act?

2/3

What was the interest of the debt to the government of the Bright Clause?

5% over 35 years

How many people attempted the Bright Clause?

877

How was the land act received in parliament in terms of votes?

442:11

After the 1870 land act there was a period of prosperity that coincidentally aligned with it. What were the eviction rates in this time?

1.36/1,000

After the 1870 land act there was a period of prosperity that coincidentally aligned with it. By how much did the agricultural output of Ir ^ 1871-75?

£40.6 mil

What year was the crash? What year did it hit Ireland?

1873

1877

What was unemployment in 1800 vs 1879?

1% vs 11%

How did the price of American wheat decrease?

HOWEVER what % of Ir trade did wheat account for?

$1.70 -$0.66 per bushel

Only 10%

By how much did Ir tillage decr in value 1876-9? What % of that was due to failed potato crop?

£14 mill

60%

Where was the long depression most sever?

Connacht, West Munster (West Ireland)

What % of smallholding in Connacht were valued less than £15 a year?

89%

Some sympathetic LL offered gov loan. What was the interest on them that stopped many people from going for them?

6.5%

Failure of fixed rent and LL refusing to decr rent → ^ evictions. How many were evicted in 1877, 1878 and 1880?

1877 - 400 evicted

1878 - 1,000 evicted

1880 - 2,000 evicted

When did the Ir Land League form?

1879

What Landlord was murdered in 1880?

Lord Mountmorres, William Brown

How many people were at the Co. Mayo meeting? How many did Freeman’s journal claim were present?

4,000

8,000

By what % was Burke forced to reduce his rent rates?

25%

Where was the 2nd Land Lg meeting where Parnell participated?

Westport

How many cities did Parnell go to in the US? How much money did he raise for Land League? How much money did he raise for famine relief?

60 cities

£12,000

£60,000

When was the peak of the Land League membership? How many members where there at this time?

1881 - 200,000

How many tenants did Boycott plan to evict?

11

How many Ir seats did Parnell win in 1880 forcing Gladstone into action?

63/103

By how many votes was the Compensation for Disturbance bill defeated in the House of Lords?

282:5

How many were arrested under the Protection of Person and Property Act 1881?

955

When did Forster resign?

1882

How many small farmers were impacted by rent arrears?

150,000

What was the circulation of the United Ireland Papers that published the ‘No Rent Manifesto’ on its front page?

100,000

How many agrarian outrages were there in the 7 months after the ‘No Rent Manifesto’?

3,498

What fraction of the farming population supported the 1881 Land Act?

2/3

How many £ worth of rent arrears did the Arrears of Rent (Ireland) Act cancel?

£2 mill