Songs of Agrarian Aggression
The Land War (Irish: Cogadh na Talún) in Irish history was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland in the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. The agitation was led by the Irish National Land League and was dedicated to bettering the position of tenant farmers and ultimately to a redistribution of land to tenants from landlords, especially absentee landlords. While there were many violent incidents and some deaths in this campaign, it was not actually a "war", but rather a prolonged period of civil unrest.
Only two verses of this song have been discovered to date. The verses that exist set the scene for a a group march by moonlight from Glenbeigh, for an action in Glencar and their return that same night.
An Irish landlord begging for his rent.
John Gordon Thomson (1841-1911)