The Disappearance of John Scott Vandeleur

“When John Scott Vandeleur absconded in 1832, newspapers around the Empire reported the story.

His debts led to the sale of the land which had been farmed by the Ralahine Commune,

ending Ireland’s first attempt at socialism.”  Independent Left, “Socialism in Ireland”

 

The forging of bank bonds by landowner Vandeleur brought an end to the Ralahine Commune and the first attempt at socialism in Ireland.

(N.B.  John was in fact about 50 in 1834 –-Ann Schlitt)