A flier noting the establishment of a representative body in London to assist the work of the Emergency Committee in Dublin. The document notes that ‘in many parts of Ireland, owing to the state of terrorism which exists, persons who endeavoured to assert their legal rights cannot procure, except from great distance, the commonest necessaries of life, and are obliged to perform for themselves and families the most menial offices’. The flier expounds on the work of the Emergency Committee in assisting landowners and asks for financial assistance to aid their work.
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’.
