Irish Land Commission

The Irish Land Commission (the " Irish Land Commission " ) in 1881, founded by the Irish Land Act in what was then British-ruled Ireland with the aim to control the rents that had to pay the Irish peasants to the landlords, and to determine, if necessary.

Later, the Commission went on to buying land from the landlords and to transfer to the local farmers. With this step, the British government wanted to appease and support for Irish nationalist movements to weaken ( for Ireland's independence from Britain ) the farmers. In this context, 55,000 km2 of land were transferred.

Through the Land Law (Commission ) Act in 1923, the Commission has been redesigned. It was not until 1983, the Commission completed the purchase of land and thus contributed the land reform in Ireland to an end. The Commission was disbanded on 31 March 1999 by the Irish Land Commission ( Dissolution ) Act of 1992, and most liabilities were transferred to the Department of Agriculture.

In its long and successful history in general and the Commission was not always without controversy. In particular, the division of larger estates into small, sometimes uneconomical parcels is controversial. The destruction of residences of landlords (eg Monellan Castle and Shanbally Castle) by order of the Irish government is heavily criticized.