Eviction in Ireland 1870
A new law gave the tenant a right to a third of his freehold, seven years rent; twenty-one years rent being the average value of a freehold in Ireland. Seeing an escape from this claim in the clause which barred the right in the case of non-payment of rent. He would wait till the tenant did not pay his rent, a very frequent occurrence in Ireland and then he would evict mercilessly
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10209837
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47409299
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5452px x 4198px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in Cassell's History of England', volume vi, page 525
Date
1870


