Irish partition meant landlords and estates were affected differently north and south of the border.
By Clodagh WarnockWhat happened to the so-called Big House across the island of Ireland after the country was partitioned?
Northern Ireland, which remained part of the UK, dealt with the issue very differently, introducing its own Land Act in 1925. Southern landlords retained 2.6 million acres of untenanted land despite a host of previous land acts that were introduced by the British government, according to Prof Terence Dooley of Maynooth University.The legislation was introduced in the Oireachtas on 28 May 1923, just days after the end ofIt became law a few months later, with its terms applying to the 26 counties of the Irish Free State.
Unfortunately for landlords, as well as losing much of their rental income, they received payment for their property in land bonds that could erratically change in value.However Dr Reilly said that not everyone was satisfied with the legislation as problems with land division remained. However unionist tenants, who had been at the forefront of campaigning for a land act, felt "sold out" by the landlord-dominated government who ensured that the act was sympathetic to the landed class, according to Prof Purdue.
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