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notice / To The Irish People, 1881

Proclamation, 'To The Irish People'. Irish National Land League proclamation, 18th October, 1881. Regarding the arrests of the Executive members. Signed (print) by the executive members at their place of detention. Charles Stewart Parnell (Kilmainham), A.J. Kettle (Kilmainham), Michael Davitt...

 

political cartoon / The Road to Ruin, 1888

Political cartoon, supplement with the Weekly Freeman, 21 January 1888. Titled 'The Road to Ruin'. Depicting the 1881 Land Act as a toban, sliding down the slope of rent reduction towards bankruptcy. With verse. Collection of cartoons printed in book form - THE WEEKLY FREEMAN CARTOONS, FORMING...

 

illustration / How Long O Lord

Political Cartoon, supplement to 'Weekly Freeman', 18 February 1888. Titled 'How Long O Lord'. An old man 80 years of age, named Bartley Geary, residing at Kilkerrin, Connemara, was evicted from his dwelling house, under the New Land Act, on Thursday last, by order of the magistrates. He crept...