East Galway Agrarian Agitation and the Burning of Ballydugan House, 1922
(Book #122 in the Maynooth Studies in Local History Series)
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This book is based on the burning of Ballydugan house in 1922, a middle-sized country house on a 1,500-acre estate near Loughrea in Ireland's east county Galway. The background to the burning of Michael Henry Burke's house is charted alongside the rise of land agitation and unrest in east Galway. With branches all over each Galway, the Land League and the United Irish League voiced the disquiet of land-hungry tenants and sought relief for its landless members. At Ballydugan, the collective expression and systematic protest for the transfer of land ownership included boycotting, landlord intimidation, cattle drives, and damage to property. This book also offers a unique insight into the often unheard of landlord experience and perspective on agitation offered by Burke's granddaughter, Mrs. Claire Besnyoe. Her recollections and reflections on the family's decision to remain as landowners in the new Irish state and beyond, bring a distinctive element to this study. The consequences of the Burkes continued occupancy were not anticipated by the agitating Ballydugan tenants and the ownership of this estate continued to be a source of ongoing contention for several decades afterwards. (Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History) [Subject: History, Irish Studies]
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1846825822
ISBN13:9781846825828
Release Date:December 2015
Publisher:Four Courts Press
Length:70 Pages
Weight:0.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.3" x 8.4"
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