PoliticsMarch 141891

Plan of Campaign

March 14, 1891

The Plan of Campaign achieved significant rent reductions across numerous Irish estates, marking a major victory for coordinated tenant action. This innovative strategy, which involved tenants collectively withholding rent unless landlords agreed to reductions, demonstrated the effectiveness of organized resistance. The campaign's success on this day included settlements on several major estates, providing relief to thousands of tenant farmers. The movement helped develop new forms of rural organization and solidarity, creating networks that would influence future agrarian activism.