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Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923

The Dublin Land Conference and the Land Act 1870

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Overview

Recall questions on tenant right and Ulster custom, the Tenant Right League, the 1870 Conference, what the Act provided, and why it proved ineffective.

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What did the Land Act 1870 do?

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What was the Tenant Right League?

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What was the Dublin Land Conference of 1870?

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  1. 1

    What did the Land Act 1870 do?

    Model answer

    Gladstone's first Land Act offered some compensation for eviction and for tenant improvements, but was largely ineffective in protecting tenants.

  2. 2

    What was tenant right or Ulster custom?

    Model answer

    The customary right of a tenant to compensation for improvements and to sell his interest to an incoming tenant, general in Ulster but not elsewhere.

  3. 3

    What was the Tenant Right League?

    Model answer

    The 1850 movement uniting northern Presbyterian and southern Catholic tenants to demand legal recognition of tenant right, which collapsed by 1859.

  4. 4

    What was the Dublin Land Conference of 1870?

    Model answer

    The gathering of tenant representatives that pressed for legal security, whose demands shaped the debate leading to Gladstone's first Land Act.

  5. 5

    How did Fenian violence in 1867 influence Gladstone's Irish policy?

    Model answer

    The Fenian rising and the Clerkenwell explosion, which killed twelve people, convinced him that Irish grievances over church and land had to be tackled, beginning with disestablishment.

  6. 6

    Why was the 1870 Act ineffective?

    Model answer

    It did not control rents, so a landlord could raise the rent until the tenant fell into arrears and could then evict without compensation.

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