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What happened to the so-called Big House across the island of Ireland after the country was partitioned? Historic mansions, set in sprawling estates, once dotted the countryside with landlords...
At least 76 country mansions were destroyed in the Irish War of Independence; 30 big houses were burned in 1920 and another 46 in the first half of 1921, mostly in the conflict's Munster heartland, i.e. the counties of Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Clare and Limerick. [7]
HouseLocationCountyOwner Or OccupierAasleagh LodgeAnnaskeagh HouseAugustus N. Sheridan JPCounty AntrimMajor A. W. Mordaunt-RichardsDec 10, 2021 · Maeve O'Riordan explains what happened to Ireland's Big Houses during the War of Independence - and how it all affected their owners
- Was The Land Question Settled?
- Were The Big House Burnings A Form of Class Conflict?
- Explaining The Civil War Burnings
- ‘Imperialists and Freemasons’
- Conclusions
- References
So first, were the Big Houses still bastions of ‘landlordism’ – where absentee landowners of Anglo-Irish, colonial origin ‘rack-rented’ their tenants? It is a truism of Irish history to say that the land question had been settled by the 1903 and 1909 Land Acts, which enabled tenant farmers to buy out their landlords with long term loans from the Br...
We have seen that in some areas big landed estates still existed and that there was mass and organised opposition to them among tenants. So it is tempting to think that in areas like the border region at least, the Big House burnings were the result of local tensions, part of the concerted campaign by tenants’ organizations to force their landlords...
As I wrote in my 2011 article, the majority of ‘Big House burnings’ took place during the Civil War of 1922-23 – 199 Mansions destroyed against 76 in the ‘Tan War’. How do we explain this? In my previous article I argued that it was because anti-Treaty IRA guerrillas could do little else by late 1922 having been reduced to small bands and fearful o...
This all represent a significant degree of violence against civilians. Moreover there was an element of prejudice at work in the IRA against people they termed ‘Imperialist’. The Senate, which initially was intended to represent former unionists from the Anglo-Irish and more generally Protestant communities, was a particular victim. On 26 January 1...
In conclusion then the burning of the Big Houses was and remains one of the most visually arresting images of the Irish revolutionary era. It is incorrect to imagine that the old Anglo-Irish landed class was already a thing of the past by the 1920s. Rather its status differed very much depending on local circumstances and in any case the owners of ...
Anglo Celt May 6, 1922 Anglo Celt November 25 1921 Anglo Celt December 24 1921 Anglo-Celt December 31, 1921 William Delaney The Green and the Red revolutionary Republicanism and Socialism in Irish History, p144 Anglo Celt March 5, 1921 Anglo Celt June 4 1921 For Ravensdale, Irish Times June 20, 1921, this website on Shanton House Anglo Celt July 7 ...
Jun 21, 2011 · The ‘Big House’ or country mansion of the Anglo-Irish landed class, was a target of republicans throughout the Irish revolution of 1919-23. A total of 275 were burned out, blown up or otherwise destroyed between 1920 and 1923.
By the time of the Irish revolutionary period, the Big House had lost much of its historical control and influence over Irish society. Nonetheless, the houses remained an important symbol of a divided society and they were regarded with great hostility by the native Irish.
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May 2, 2023 · It was burned on February 4th, 1921, when the local IRA heard a rumour it was to be occupied by the Black and Tans. Because they supported the British administration, big house owners were...
