New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-08
LANDLORD AND TENANT.
EVILS OF TIE IRISH LAND system


CONrRAsrED-THr OCONNTLL HOLDING.
| IRON TIE SPECIAL CoIuEsPOsDTyr or rPfEryyt
! DUBIIN Aug 2O.-I interrupted my series ~ le,.
fcrs to revisit the scenes IN Mayo that described
last winter and 70 visit the tenanry Of one land.
| lord who pnblicly denounced Ca hole picst IN,
| having misreprescnted Their condition to mo.
found that the Or PSI had understatcd the truth
o. opening the morning paper find the text n,
| another letter on tho Landlords OF Kerry. H.,
Frecman's JovrpaI. the leading parer OF iceland /,
| Il moderate Libor1-commoniy quite fair to It, %.
ronents, and always ready 20 report honesty any
striking illustration either of landlord iberaisyor
landlord exaciions. When came back 70 Dublin
from Kerry for example. publicly denounced tia
Board of Trinity Colleqe for tier extorlioas
rs landlords in Kerry, and | iurhe,
| charged that they were cvadinV the az
and defraud.nv the tenants who had az eed 10 w,rt
for them BY Withholding thcr Wa2c- ior rent 1g.
As much Of my ac rusatiOn rs was not lIbc.lnns M,
! Fireman published am lad to hear from leali.y
! ct.z,us Of Kerry that ny Geauncia-iOu led, Dor 10
reform hut a recognition o. the right Of tl- ll.
! borcr 10 his hire. Trinity CO.i3ze GDH pays ont
/ with one hand and takes back with the other
! And now comes a ellog nm Of Trinity Col'ege
! signed Trinity College Tenant out SAID 70 bs
! written BE- sub gent a. CaAlraAyecn. The writer
reports that the agent has agreed TO make Fedue
tou Of 20 per cent on ha renfs Of all the tenaG'5gf
| Trinity College due up to the inst of March 'os Oh,
twelve months preceding, ard 10 extend the tins
| Of payment 10 the first of November next. Tss
Frecnans JoVrpai devOles editorial article % 3
culogum of this acton opening IT with the d, 10
ton that d" bad landlords in Ireland are SO much
more plentiful tIan good ones that it il relief,
have 20 tell 81 kindly deeds and humane lr "a 9l.
lordsp Following the rejection II the Ant-kr,c.
ton bill by the Lords The Journal saws: ia,
rnercifn. dealing of the Board will he SET oil IS
practical robnke TO the scli'nes' oi the Per; sad
to say the els. here a marked difference between
the greedy mob Of landlords making bad land
laws and the seven humane Fellows declining 70
avail themselves of the bad laws and even glug
bevnd what good laws would require as an obi.
CATION
Now again. take the landlord VINO Is honorsi
to illustrate the inquity of the land system Of
Ireland. trinity College owns 1O,341 acres IA
County Kerry The College and the knight O.
Kerry own Valencia Island between them
Valencia Island is at the eastern cad
of the Atlantic cable--the same cable tina,
then also acting as special correspondent
OF The TRIBUNE, saw landed at Hearts Content
many years ago The island Is We miles and ahat
IN length and about two miles IN width. AhgA
mountainous ridge nearly equally divides 1t. A.n
than half the island is cultivated
Trinity College also owns the land on which tis
town of Cahlrcaveen is built. and large dlsfuctil
the nelghbOrhOOd. spent twO three DAYS there.
On entering Cahircaveen, coming from kenmafs.
the traveller notices that between the estate Of
Daniel OConnell, grandson of the LibeTaOr, aud
the little town, the Land to the left Is vel
cultivated and shows Signs of a prosperity that
in striking contrast with the condition Of The land
on the right side Of the road. The land
,I,a ,br iV q lpr
as bad-uaturaly; yea the difference IN then pics
emit condition is noteworthy. What ma6c5lti The
land on the LETT belonged to the Established Cnuf,h
Il Was sold 70 peasant proDretors some seven OF
eight years ago. Some of 1t is ptld for already al
OF IL will be paid tor within a few years Proe,
tants and Catholics own these little farms. and With
out regard h ir creed they are equally prosperous
The land on the right belongs To Trinity Coilrge
and as the tenants have leases and pay eXofbi
tant rents the soil Is not cultivated ~ the peasant
proprietors cultivate their freehold farms. noticed
the DIFF Pence. b1t did not know the cause until
had left Cahrcaveen, and stare these facs on the
authority Of an educated gentleman. a native u
CuhTcayeen.
Trinity College has one merit n hndlond-b
never dlsturbs large tenants as long rs the. pa
their rents Il does not give leases now, excepting
for building LOTS and there is nothing believe, IN
tenants oat oG their holdings in order 10 get Lsner
rent from some other candidate. And having sad
so much have said all that heard IN favor OF To
College.
Daniel O'Connell leased large estate from lnl-
ity College. On this estate the town OF Cahircayeea
was built. OConneliIs said to have praised Trinity
COLLEGE as the best landlord n Ireland lie mOie
than once" say, The Freemgn's Journal " stood ID
for Trinity College in consequence Of us
experience Of their fair dealing, aud there is not
Liberal or a tenant farm T in the country now Inst
will not be ready to reairm tho great L'beraoT'
testimony"
There is not one in hundred of the great Li5e'l'
tors old tenants in CahIrcaveeu, on the contrary
who does not denounce the exactions of TRINITY
College. Trinity College leased tn, D'rryDane -
tate. think it is called. to O'Connrl on ois
lease and at a moderate rental. As long as 0Cai'
nell lived no tenant vas ever ther cyct-I or rl,T
rented II was here that the great agaurwa
born and lived when in political retreat. Tie ESQ
laps .i lew years ago, Ile COLLEGE did DO. renew
il O. tae descendants OF ON0nutu but let 40
lots end holdings 10 the tenants by lis owl
agents. The rents were riisel from 90 03jJPt
cent. lh, m0nstrou, rise was made both 10 iO"a
and country. and thcr estate extend, about ta
miller west of Cahrcaveen. IL is four or five mi'
IN width This estate is on the mainland. of c'm'A
but the same rise was made on Valencia Island
Trinity College got its vast estates 30 lrea'a
from Elizabeth, James and o.hcr LnSi'sl so'si'
osns who were distinguished Tor their lberaiy i
giving away lands that belonged ID other poop"
Al these lands have been redeemed from s,t''4y 7
by the labor and at the sole cost of the tenants
For two or three centuries Trinity OoT-'
has done nothing for the people on l'-"
lands, either as landlords with m'l7
or scholars with education, excepting
build one bird Of one scaoohou,e, aud it' "A','
to repair one road that runs thrlu sl ther es'S"
To offset their solitary contribution O. edh''"'L
they charge ESQ year Tor tho more ground rem "
the convent school IN which 200 or 800 o. '"'