In the wake of the famine, English landlordism reigned supreme in Ireland. In 1879, Michael Davitt founded the Irish national Land League with Charles Stewart Parnell -- a constitutional nationalist -- as it s president. The objects of the Land League were: 1] To put an end to rank-renting, evictions and landlord oppression; 2] To effect such a radical change in the land system as would put it in the power of every Irish farmer to become the owner, in fair terms, of the land he tilled.

In the course of the land war a new word was coined--Boycott--when the land of a Captain Boycott, a rack-renting landlord who refused to accept the fair rents, was shunned by all the people in the surrounding areas.

In 1881, under unrelenting pressure, a land act had guaranteed the three "Fs" as they were known: fair rent, free sale, and fixity of tenure.

The land war changed the face of rural Ireland by putting an end to the old system of landlordism, although British political rule still remained as imperious as ever.

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thats very interesting info. Thanks for posting it here.

Capt. Boycott....I love it!

P.S. I`m deleting the other dupe post.

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http://inac.org/irishhistory/1845.php

Here is the link the original post came from. For some reason, my post did not pick it up!

Boycott in peace, love, and beauty

Ross                    

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that we could use a BOYCOTT on landlords today in the USA!

Rent today is nothing short of EXTORTION.

Greedy Landlords really burn my butt

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Thanks for sharing.  I'm always interested in where our words come from.

As for landlords, too many are just scummy.  They see nothing wrong in renting out (for much too high a price) rat holes that they wouldn't be caught dead living in.

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Did you ever see the movie "The Super" with Joe Peschi?  That is exactly what it is about.  A landlord who is just as scummy as can be gets arrested and charged with something connected with his rental stuff and his sentence is to live in his building.  He can't improve his apartment, until all the others have been improved.  It is really a good story, and has a great message.  I don't think, however, that landlords who happened to watch it changed their minds or attitudes.

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...for looking into the background of it...

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I grew up on stories about the original boycott. My grandmother was from Claremorris in County Mayo, the village where it all happened. Her father, my great-grandfather, was involved in the goings-on. It ended when Boycott had to import Orangemen from the North to bring in his crops. The total expense far exceeded the value of the harvest & so, consequently, he went broke. 

Wasn't that a shame?        

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