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| Picture No | 10220383 |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | Royal Irish Constabulary going by sea to enforce evictions |
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Members of the Royal Irish Constabulary going in open sailing boats called 'hookers' to enforce evictions on the Islands of the West Coast of Ireland. These forcible evictions were the backdrop to the land and rent wars in the mid to late 19th century.
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| Source | Engraving by A. Forestier in 'The Illustrated London News', 12 February 1887, page 180 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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