When land agitation flared up in 1905 he was imprisoned for his part in it to two months hard labour.

He returned in 1879 to his native Mayo where he at once involved himself in land agitation.

In 1887 he then visited Wales to support land agitation.

In 1827, as a result of land agitation, a man from nearby Ballytarsna committed a murder at nearby Rathcannon.

These united the different strands of land agitation and tenant rights movements under a single organization.

Thus, although he provided a substantial quantity of employment, he was (like the Matheson family before him) beset by land agitation and raiding.

The end of liberal Ulster: land agitation and land reform, 1868-1886.

He immediately understood that supporting land agitation was a means to achieving his objective of self-government.

He was strongly opposed to the land agitation promoted by Michael Davitt and Parnell.

Long associated with land agitation, Sheehan settled many disputes between landlord gentry and their under-privileged tenant farmers.