THE 1865 COUNTY LOUTH GENERAL ELECTION AND THE INTERVENTION OF A DABBLER

By Brian Hopkins By the 1860s, Ireland was emerging from the devastation of the Great Hunger into an era of relative agricultural prosperity for some that coincided with a revival of Anglo-Irish landlordism. Support for or against landlords became increasingly more pronounced in elections to two-member seats during this decade. Tenant farmers were generally not ... Read more

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