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Ashbourne Act, the (English) Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 73), to provide greater facilities than those given by part five of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, for the sale of land to occupying tenants in Ireland; introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. Gibson as Attorney-General for Ireland, afterwards Lord Ashbourne. Amended by numerous amending acts cited together as the Land Purchase Acts, see Northern Ireland Land Act, 1929. (19 Geo. 5, c. 14), s. 8, and see also Prospective operation of Northern Ireland Land Purchase (Winding Up) Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 21).