User:Buidhe/Galtee case

The Galtee case was one of the sparking events for the Land War in Ireland. In a press campaign lasting longer than a year, estate agent Patten Smith Bridge (for landlord Nathaniel Buckley) was denounced for rack-renting tenants who had reclaimed previously waste land near Sceichín na Rince in the Galtee Mountains. In 1875, Bridge was granted damages from the local taxpayers following multiple attempts on his life. The case was not typical, but it exposed shortcomings in the law.