The Impact of The Wyndham Land Act 1903 on County Galway

This thesis examines, how a conservative British government introduced a scheme of land purchase in Ireland in i903, which effectively abolished the landlord system on the island. The work is focused on how this affected one region, County Galway, during the period 1903-21. Divided into five parts, the thesis, in its introduction, outlines the background to the ‘land question’ in Ireland and lists earlier attempts to solve it and their shortcomings. It also looks at the current historiography covering the topic and discusses the primary and secondary material available to a student undertaking a study of this

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

masters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

National University of Ireland Maynooth

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Tonge, Tom

• History

Language dc:language

en