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The Encumbered Estates' Court was established by an act of the British Parliament in 1849, the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 77), to facilitate the sale of Irish estates whose owners, because of the Great Famine, were unable to meet their obligations. [1]
The Irish situation was favourable, with agriculture improving and pressure on the land decreasing since the Great Irish Famine. The Encumbered Estates' Court (1849) and agitation by the Tenant Right League had led to the sale of estates by debt-ridden mainly absentee landlords.
An Irish landlord reduced to begging for rent in an 1880 caricature Alternative legal systems began to be used by Irish nationalist organizations during the 1760s as a means of opposing British rule in Ireland. Groups which enforced different laws included the Whiteboys, Repeal Association, Ribbonmen, Irish National Land League, Irish National League, United Irish League, Sinn Féin, and the ...
Peasants and power: the Whiteboy movements and their control in pre-Famine Ireland (Harvester Press, 1983) Christianson, Gale E. "Secret Societies and Agrarian Violence in Ireland, 1790-1840" Agricultural History (1972): 369–384. in JSTOR; Donnelly, James S. "The Whiteboy movement, 1761-5" Irish Historical Studies (1978): 20–54. in JSTOR
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The Irish national and another man were arrested this past November in Maynard for taking part in what is described as the "Irish traveler" scam, in which another Irish native arrested in Quincy ...
The "fake landlord" scam Thanks to the generosity of a man who wanted to give back to the city he used to call home, Walker finally owns her home. But many victims of landlord scams aren't so lucky.
The Ballinlass incident (Irish: Eachtra Bhaile an Leasa) was the eviction of 300 tenants on 13 March 1846 in Ireland, in the context of the Great Famine in Ireland (1845–1849). At this time, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, governed directly by its parliament in London.