Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Land League \Land League\
   In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other,
   organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879
   with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a
   reconstruction of the land laws. -- {Land"*lea`guer}, n. --
   {Land"*lea`guism}, n.

         The Land League, of which Machael Davitt was the
         founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin
         in October the organization was extended to all
         Ireland, with Parnell as president.      --Encyc. Brit.