essay
Ireland's land questions: a historical perspective
rural change in ireland • Belfast • Published In 1999 • Pages: 16-31
By: Ó Tuathaigh, Gearóid.
Abstract
This historical inquiry examines the critical scholarship surrounding the Irish land question that was considered to be at the heart of the larger political problem of nationalist disaffection, the so-called "Irish Question." How landlord-tenant relations were to be mediated was thought to be key to Irish unrest. Beginning in the 1860s, scholars recognized that the Irish might have a unique communal land system with shared rights that was different from the imposed English ideals of private property and contract law. Such scholarship had political implications and was closely tied to the nationalist movement. Later studies became more quantitative and econometric. More recent studies focus on subjective aspects giving prominence to "place making" and attachments to land.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- British Isles
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1801-1920
- Coverage Place
- Ireland
- Notes
- Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 99530979
- LCSH
- Ireland--Rural conditions