Plan of Campaign

Eviction scene, Woodford Galway 1888, during the Plan of Campaign. The Woodford evictions would become some of the most highly resisted with numerous pamphlets, during the period, referring to them.[1] Further photographs of evictions at Woodford, are available.[2]

The Plan of Campaign was a stratagem adopted in Ireland between 1886 and 1891, co-ordinated by Irish politicians for the benefit of tenant farmers, against mainly absentee and rack-rent landlords. It was launched to counter agricultural distress caused by the continual depression in prices of dairy products and cattle from the mid-1870s, which left many tenants in arrears with rent. Bad weather in 1885 and 1886 also caused crop failure, making it harder to pay rents. The Land War of the early 1880s was about to be renewed after evictions increased and outrages became widespread.

  1. ^ Woodford evictions. Hamilton, Edward C. [Author] 19th Century Social History Pamphlets
  2. ^ The scene at an eviction at Woodford, Co. Galway in the late 19th century (NLI, LROY 02483)