Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-13
HOW THE LANDLORDS OBTAINED
'i'ii TINE LAND OF IRELAND. iatt.

III t.fiis no. Afiirf' .tlftlf fgi iftttFt
IN view of the arrest Of Mr.. Parnel
and his colleagues in the land agitation
and their public assurance that theil
trials will be turned into q Commission
for The Hearing 'of' Irish grievances 6n
thewhoIct hestibh, Tile following record,
complied from authcntic sources, will
prove timely for reference = r9iit
a15i7-The English confiscatieus / iof
Irish land began in tho reign OF Edward
Wis., iii iapnilt 81 qpa j,se1i 8 al.
l553EThp work, of cepiscation was
continued by Philip and Mary, who laid
forcible claim to |he Counties Of o|M Moo
and O'Connor, since which time LEX
and otfaly have been styled t"Queen's"
aud ".Kings' Counties fmu,si odt &
,155S-Queen Elizabeth contiscated re.
morselessly.,j J4BIIig iHii 10 III
1872 rrSir Thomas Smith failed to es-
tablish English settlers in Ulster. nm,
1596-l,Ap Irish pr9mistors were robbed
of their lands i'll Munster,
159S-After the rebellion Of, Shane
O'Neill, his estates, numbering most Of
the Northern Counties, were Confiscated
and vested in the crown The Earl If
DesAiond's property, stretching over
some Of the fairest portions Ut Cork,
Limerick, Kerry, Tipperary, Materforl
and Dublin, were seized!by "Hef Maies-
tvs Chief Governor of Ireland" ..,t .
l6ll-Jamcs !. formed scheme for
the colonization Of Ulster, by which the
lands were divided into lots of l 900 and
l,5oo, and 1900 acres, and only English
settlers we're admitted THE z order 81
Baronets was established in this year to
provide FIND for the defence Of the
new English settlement in Ireland.
l6ll-May 1.-THE first patent for
land in Ulster was issued to Nicholas
Bacon. James l., not content with
planting garrison of English settlers
in Ulster sought to extend his plantation
schemes to the other three provinces. A
crowd ofEnglish adventures known as
"Discovers,'' engaged in tho work of
dispossessing the rightfal occupants
Leland, the historian, declares that the
most Ubiquitous practices were made use
of. '''''' nv
1649-Aug. l5-Cromwell landed in
Ireland. He contiscated 'fonr-ffths of
all the soil. He made a wholesale
clearance of5fLeiuster, Ulster, and
Munster by his infamous '.Act of Settle
ment," ordering that every despoiled
Irishman found OH the left bank of the
Shannon should be shot, a,,a,
l66O-By the, l4th and 18th Acts of
Charles H., there was another "settle-
ment." It was devised to confirm the
Cromwellian settlers in the possessions
which they had taken from the devoted
Irish adhcrents Of Charles the Seconds
father. ln ip, aij aUl.Hsilt MOST
1692-Al land tax of three shillings a
pound OF rental was leyiel.,. y,
1753-ln the reign Of Queen Anne Anne
sudden fall in prices rendered the farm
ers unable to pay rents. s...,;.,
17o9-By an Act Of Anne, no goods
could be taken in execution, unless tile
sheriff lad previously paid the landlord
his rent due. aJ1i''s frH' itiH -rghHl
173l-Under George H., arrears Of
rent were made recoverable by distress.
1Sl.--Tba greatest rise, in rents took
place, tHE hi mn H,i ~ ei,iii-I
is2!s!- -1hp failure Of the, potato crop
caused a famine,
lS3;-Undcr William, no arrears of
rent were recoverable for more than six
years. The Act of George w., prevent
ing the sale Of bankrupt estates, was
repealed n"n JllIs 1tii I'll p2Hrbis3l
l947-Great idtstitutiono Of tenants !;
failure of the potato crop. ayiliy
1o59-Unler Victoria further, provi-
sion was made for the sale of the. bank
rupt estates. July-Three Commission
ers were appointed to superintend the
sale of encountered estates.
1s49-Oct. 25-Tle Land Commission
ers' Court in Dublin comlueilcGd it's busi-
ness. <ittt"It .'ti
l859-Augnst 3-The Lande,l Estates
Court was established to facilitate the
transfer of land in Ireland. The Com
of Encumberc,l, Estates, ceas-
ed, having, sold property TO- the amount
of twenty-three million pounds. ar
1872 Michael Dayitt and others pro-
pagated in Mayo and Galway the agita-
ton against landlordism in. Ireland, and
labored for the spread Of the Irish Land
League movement. ''" '''J .a."f ''a'h
1ssOr-Noy. 4-Charles Stewart Par.
nell, and other leaders of the Land