The Irish Land Issue, 1870-82

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Across
  1. 3. 1850 saw the creation of this League who demanded the 3 F's (in the form of an abbreviation).
  2. 6. A food that fell in price that was often used to pay for tenants rent.
  3. 7. The clause in the 1st Land Act which offered loans to tenants covering 2/3rds cost.
  4. 10. The crop that the 1877 poor harvest hit particularly hard.
  5. 11. Act introduced by Forster in 1881 that suspended Habeas Corpus and led to 1000 arrests.
  6. 13. Place where the mini famine took place in 1879.
  7. 14. The country Parnell and Devoy toured to raise funds for the land war.
  8. 15. Number of families that had been evicted by 1878.
  9. 17. Poorest class in Ireland that had been largely wiped out by the Famine.
  10. 19. People who tenants payed their rents to.
  11. 20. Key figure who was arrested in 1881 and published the No Rent Manifesto.
  12. 22. Method of farming that transitioned from arable.
  13. 23. Tactic used in the land war that was named after a captain.
  14. 24. PM who made is his 'mission to pacify Ireland'.
Down
  1. 1. The two figures who established the Land League.
  2. 2. The area that the Land War began in Ireland.
  3. 4. A system that meant no security with the west of Ireland still dominated by small holdings.
  4. 5. Name of the treaty that Gladstone agreed to release Parnell and introduce a Rent Arrears Act.
  5. 6. The name of the Commission that was set up by Gladstone that recommended the legislation to grant the 3 F's to Irish tenants.
  6. 8. 3 things that the members of the Irish Tenant League demanded.
  7. 9. The Dublin Conference aimed to spread this in 1870.
  8. 12. Name of figure who was made the Chief Secretary of Ireland.
  9. 16. What League was built on the foundations of the Land League in 1882 that supported Parnell's campaign for Home Rule.
  10. 18. The lack of jobs lead to rates of this during the long depression.
  11. 21. Period of time that saw a global economic crash.