The Irish Landowner’s Convention was set up in early 1888 to protect the interests of landowners in the face of agrarian agitation and legislative reforms which enabled tenant proprietorship.
Circular letter from Thomas P. Butler, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Gilbert De L. Willis, Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention. Topics include the elections for a new convention and the redemption of encumbrances.
Circular letter from Gilbert De L. Willis, Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention. Topics include the Local Government (Ireland) Bill and the Evicted Tenants’ Commission.
Explanatory remarks on the Landowners and Encumbrancers’ Association with an outline of the aims of the organization. A list of committee members is provided.
Fliers re meetings of landowners in County Louth called by the Provisional Committee of the Landowners and Encumbrancers’ Association and to be held in Dundalk. One of the fliers was issued by G.C. Smyth, Sheriff of County Louth.
Flier promoting the aims and objectives of the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union. The flier affirms that the organisation aims to unite those ‘interested in the preservation of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland’.
A small number of fliers and printed ephemera relating to by-elections for the constituency of Trinity College (University of Dublin) in 1875 and in 1887. During this period the college constituency was dominated by a Conservative and Unionist electorate.