Death of Michael Davitt 1906

#OnThisDay 1906 Michael Davitt, founder of the Irish National Land League, Fenian arms-smuggler & politician died. Davitt’s drive to organise tenant farmers in Ireland ultimately ended the landlord system with tenants able to purchase their land with government loans.

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