Ireland, Dublin. Proceedings against the heads of the "Irish Land League" (1879-1882), organisation formed during the agrarian depression to demand tenant rights and the reform of country's landlord system under British rule, founded in October 1879 by Michael Davitt. First hearing in court. The "attorney" reading the indictment. Presiding over the court, judges Mr. Fitzgerald (president) and Mr. Barry. The defendants in the second row of seats. On the right, the jury. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

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