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Government Crackdown on Irish Land League Jails Parnell and Other Leaders
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October 13, 1881

In 1879, the Irish National Land League was founded and Charles Stewart Parnell was appointed its president. The Land League was funded by donations from America. It organized boycotts against notorious landlords, encouraged the defiant burning of leas