In November 1886 a deputation on behalf of the tenantry of Lord Annesley met his sub agent Mr. Vance at the rent office in Cavan.  The deputation requested an abatement of 30 per cent in the rents due at the time and stated that the potato crop, the main support of their families, had yielded a very bad return.

The Glan branch held a meeting under the chairmanship of Rev. Trainor, P.P. in December passing a motion "that we pledge ourselves to redouble our energies with the rest of Ireland and by every legitimate means in our power to abolish every shred of tyrannical landlordism."

The year 1887 was one of hardship for the tenants--no seed potatoes, more evictions and from then on until the end of the 1880's the tenants suffered many hardships with heavy rainfall resulting in blight and bad harvests.

1890: Frost in early June and blight in July resulting in complete failure of the potato crop.

November, 1890: The Glan branch of the Land League held another meeting with Fr. Corr, P.P. in the chair and passed a motion reporting the failure of the potato crop, other crops and turf.  The crop failure and demand for high rents increased agitation and in December 1891, the Earl of Annesley offered his lands in Glan for sale. The other landowners followed his example and by 1907 all the land was bought except Tonanilt and Tullycrofton.  Hugh Crofton negotiated the sale of these in 1930.

The Irish Land Commission set up a fund by which people could borrow money to purchase land.  Many people in Glan availed of this provision so much that it was only in 1960 that several loans were repaid.  At the time of the Famine the population did not decrease very much (about 3,000) as the failure of the potato crop was slight and many people did not emigrate.

The Fermanagh farmers also had a good yield and shared the potatoes with their neighbors in West Cavan. Another reason why there was no further decline in population was that the "Black Death" which followed the famine did not strike in the Glan.

 FLORA AND FAUNA

Glangevlin is a natural nature study area with all boundary hedges made up of hawthorn, blackthorn, holly, honeysuckle, furze gorse, fuchsia, ivy, laurels, the wild rose and brier.  The mountains are covered with grassland and bog land and are beautifully decorated with purple heather, white heather, white campion, plantain, flaxweed, bog cotton (known locally as ceannabhan), wild caraway, cibh (tough grass    the surface of a shallow bog) and fairy ceann duibh which is grass with tough :₀n_0~5 found on poor green land. The ox-daisy, flowered bindweed, wild pansy, ragged robin, buttercup, dandelion, red clover knapweed, cowslips and woody nightshade adorn the hills and grazing lands. Along the roadside and on mossy banks, "the dear little shamrock", our national flower is found.  The pimpernel, the wild strawberry, primrose, mayflower, red compion, violets, forget-me-nots and vetch are found in the ditches.  When meandering along the riverbanks and in the wooded areas you can find such flowers as the blue bell, bird's eye, foxglove, stitchwort and water lillies.