The Land War 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 Land League and was dedicated to bettering the position of tenant farmers and ultimately to a redistribution of land from landlords to tenants. While there were many violent incidents in this campaign, it was not actually a "war", but rather a prolonged period of civil unrest. The History of Ireland is the history of a large island in the north-west of Europe. ... Agrarian has two meanings: It can mean pertaining to Agriculture It can also refer to the ideology of Agrarianism and Agrarian parties. ... The Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus enlisted the conscience of the propertied classes with the sentimental realism of La retour du bracconier (The Wounded Poacher), exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1881, at the height of the Irish Land War The Irish Land League was an Irish political organization of...

The Land League was founded in 1879 by Michael Davitt - an Irish Republican Brotherhood member and radical politican. Initially it sought reform including the "Three F's" - that is Fair rent, fixity of tenure and free sale". Davitt was rapidly joined by Charles Stewart Parnell the leader of mainstream Irish nationalism. Violence occurred when Land League members resisted the eviction of farmers by the Royal Irish Constabulary and there were also attacks on Landlords and their property. In ressponse the British Army was deployed to restore law and order and parts of Ireland were put under coercion -a form of martial law, for a time. However the most effective method of the Land League was the Boycott, where an unpopular landlord was ostracised by the local community. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Michael Davitt c. ... The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) played an important role in the history of Ireland. ... Charles Stewart Parnell (June 27, 1846 – October 6, 1891) was an Irish political leader and one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and the United Kingdom; William Ewart Gladstone thought him the most remarkable person he had ever met. ... Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ... The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was one of Irelands two police forces in the early twentieth century, alongside the Dublin Metropolitan Police. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... A boycott is an action undertaken to abstain from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organisation as an expression of protest or as a means of coercion. ...

The Land question in Ireland was ultimately defused by a series of Land Acts, beginning in 1870 and continuing until 1924. These acts allowed tenants first to attain extensive property rights on their leaseholdings and then to purchase their land off their landlords via government loans. The traditional view of the Land War in Ireland has been of the overthrow of a tyrranical landed class. However, recent research has suggested that many Landlords in the late 19th century in fact had a progressive attitude towards their estates and tenants. In addition, it is claimed that the bigger farmers were the main beneficiaries of the Land Acts, as the small farmers' holdings, especially in the west, were uneconomic as private frams.

For the Land Wars in New Zealand history, see New Zealand Land Wars A room at the Auckland War Memorial Museum commemorates those who died, both European and Maori, in the New Zealand Wars. ...