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Ireland's land questions: a historical perspective

rural change in irelandBelfast • 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.
Subjects
Drinking establishments
Real property
Disasters
Humanistic studies
Ethnogeography
culture
Rural Irish
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