The Irish Land Commission (or simply Land Commission) was created in 1881 as a rent fixing commission by the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881, also known as the second Irish Land Act. For a century it was the body responsible for re-distributing farmland in Ireland.
Read more about Irish Land Commission: UK Land Acts, Dáil Decree 1920, Northern Ireland, Irish Land Acts, Policy Debates and Changes
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