East Galway Agrarian Agitation and the Burning of Ballydugan House, 1922

by Ann O'Riordan

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...

• 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"