`."System- "System gl|a-"System--@Times New Roman---  2 x`cLand Agitation      2 xc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--------------- p2 `CcDue to this being the date on which eleven month leases were made,                 --- 2 zcland   --------- 2 ` cagitation   ---  2 c  +2 c(which had been in de        P2 W.ccline for a number of years) increases around               |2 `KcIreland especially in the counties of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. It took                   2 `Ucthe traditional forms of cattle drives; levelling of walls; demonstrations; etc. It                  @"Calibri--------- V2 `2cwas facilitated by the absence of the RIC from man               22 cy parts of rural Ireland.      ---  2 c  --- 2 "` cMore Detail    2 "c  ---@Times New Roman------------ 2 >`cThe --- %2 >cConnaught Tribune   ---  2 >c  \2 >6creports that armed men forced their way into the home                w2 T`Hcof Francis Persse in Cloonmore, Roscahil, Co. Galway and ordered him to                     h2 i`>cleave. Mr Persse and his family left the following morning.               #2 i;cThis was one of      |2 ~`Kcnumber of occasions when landowners were forced to leave their homes. For                   }2 `Lcexample, when Lynch Staunton refused to give up his land, he was threatened                         --- }2 `Lcwith being drowned in Lough Corrib if he did not agree to sell his estate.                    ---  2 c  --- 2 ` cWhile someti   g2 =cmes the armed men were from the IRA, frequently it was local                }2 `Lcmen trying to intimidate landowners into selling their land. (Sometimes the                  [2 `5clocal IRA would come to the defence of the landowner                 2 c   2 c  %2 cfor example, see      )2 `cHenry (2012), pgs 45       2 c- 22 c46.) The IRA Executive ha        72 cd ordered Volunteers to stay          y2 `Icaway from land agitation and the Sinn Fin executive ordered its members                      2 1` clikewise.    2 1c   2 1c( 12 1cThey were concerned that       (2 1zcland agitation woul      )2 1 cd surpass the fight      2 1cfor    "2 F`cindependence.)       2 Fc  \2 F6cHowever, some IRA men and Sinn Fin members took part               2 Fcin   ------ "2 \`cland agitation      82 \cas did members of the ITGWU.       ---  2 \c  ---  2 x`cS  2 xkcee May   2 xc- 2 xc17   2 xc- 2 xc20/1.    2 xc  ---  2 `c  --- c2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman---c- @ !*`- "Arial--ccbbaa