An old engraving of a fight, part of the ‘Land War’, between members of The Irish national League and police at Ennis, County Clare, Ireland in 1888. It is from a Victorian history book of The Irish National League (INL) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell as the successor to the Irish National Land League after this was suppressed. Whereas the Land League had agitated for land reform, the National League also campaigned for self-government or Irish Home Rule.
An old engraving of a fight, part of the ‘Land War’, between members of The Irish national League and police at Ennis, County Clare, Ireland in 1888. It is from a Victorian history book of The Irish National League (INL) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell as the successor to the Irish National Land League after this was suppressed. Whereas the Land League had agitated for land reform, the National League also campaigned for self-government or Irish Home Rule, further enfranchisement and economic reforms. The Land War was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland that began in 1879. The Irish National League and the United Irish League aimed to secure fair rent, free sale, and fixity of tenure for tenant farmers and ultimately peasant proprietorship of the land they worked.
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Location: Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
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