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Ireland's land questions: a historical perspective

Rural change in IrelandBelfastPublished In 1999 • Pages: 16-31

By: Ó Tuathaigh, Gearóid.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Drinking establishments
Real property
Disasters
Humanistic studies
Ethnogeography
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Rural Irish
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2016
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
British Isles
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2014
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1801-1920
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ireland
NotesAdditional notes
Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
99530979
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ireland--Rural conditions