The Land War (Irish: Cogadh na Talún) in Irish history was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland in the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s. The agitation was led by the Irish National Land League and was dedicated to bettering the position of tenant farmers and ultimately to a redistribution of land to tenants from landlords, especially absentee landlords. While there were many violent incidents and some deaths in this campaign, it was not actually a "war", but rather a prolonged period of civil unrest.
Read more about Land War: Background, Irish Land Act 1870, Land League 1879, Boycotting, Parallel Violence, Land League Suppressed, Plan of Campaign 1886, The Ranch War 1906-09, Land Acts Defuse
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