Photos of Ireland's Tenant Farmer Evictions

Absentee landlords were common in Ireland and for many landlord's the main interest was income rather than the conditions of their tenants.  Many Landlords realized that they could get a higher income by turning their properties to pasture than to continue with the old practice of collecting rents from tenant farmers.   Evictions were the most common way to get rid of unwanted tenants. 
The tenant frequently built his cottage himself from local materials.  However, his rent was higher if he had windows.   If his door was over a certain height and if he made any type of improvements or enlargements to the dwelling.
The landlords practiced "Rack Renting" in order to get rid of unwanted tenants.   Rents were raised to the point that the tenant could not afford to pay them.   The landlord then had the tenant evicted for nonpayment of rent.   There were no appeals and no mercy shown. 
Although the only legal reason for eviction was nonpayment of the rent there were numerous examples of landlords who evicted tenants if they did not conform to the landlord's wishes.   - from the Illustrated London Times 1848

Absentee British landlords oversaw the deaths of at least a million tenant farmers during the Potato Famine, from 1845 to 1852.   [ 3 ]

The following are images from tenant farmers being evicted beginning in the year 1850.   Although the Potato Famine was officially over the people had not yet recovered from the devastation.  Link

Burnt Out

3.   The Chicago Tribune,  Kenmare sits rich with history on Ireland's southwest coast;  .            Sept. 5, 2017; Link