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Land War

The Land War was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland that began in 1879. It may refer specifically to the first and most intense period of agitation between 1879 and 1882, or include later ... Wikipedia
End date: 1909
Location: Ireland
Start date: April 2, 1878
Caused by: Concentration of land ownership; Absentee landlords; 1879 famine
Goals: Free sale, fixity of tenure, and fair rent; Land reform; Redistribution of land to tenant farmers
Methods: Rent strikes, boycotts, political demonstrations