On some of the difficulties in the way of creating a peasant proprietary in Ireland

Abstract

The enquiry, commenced last session, at the instance of Mr. Shaw Lefevre, into the working of the Bright Clauses of the Land Act, and the interest shown in the sales of the Church Temporalities Commissioners, suggested this paper. I have not any new facts or theories to lay before the Society. My object is rather to give some examples of the difficulties now in the way of creating a peasant proprietary in Ireland.