The Land League and the Irish Land War 1879-1882

In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the Irish Land War, a pivotal struggle that remade rural Ireland. They explore the founding of the Land League in 1879 by Michael Davitt and Charles Stewart Parnell, the grassroots activism of tenant farmers against landlord evictions, and the famous 'Three Fs' demand — fair rent, free sale, and fixity of tenure. The conversation covers the mass meetings, the tactic of boycotting named after Captain Charles Boycott, the arrest of Parnell and the 'No Rent Manifesto', and the eventual Land Act of 1881 which granted concessions. They also touch on the role of women like Anna Parnell and the Ladies' Land League, and the violent undercurrent of the 'Moonlighters'. This episode connects the Land War to earlier episodes on the Famine and the Penal Laws, showing how land ownership defined Irish history. #LandLeague #IrishLandWar #MichaelDavitt #CharlesStewartParnell #ThreeFs #CaptainBoycott #Boycott #LandAct1881 #NoRentManifesto #LadiesLandLeague #AnnaParnell #Moonlighters #CoercionAct #KilmainhamTreaty #TenantFarmers #Landlordism #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo