by the Confederates in negotiations with Lord Deputy Ormonde. It was finally repealed in 1828 by one of Peel's Acts for restating and consolidating laws (9 Geo. 4 c. 53). British Whig writers of the 1830s alleged that ploughing by the tail was still practised in the West of Ireland at that time. Such claims were denied by Irish nationalists as propaganda. References Sources Primary Report of Commissioners: Patent Roll, 16 James I. part iii. f.; reprinted in Secondary Citations Further reading Acts of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1635 in law 1635 in Ireland Animal welfare and rights legislation Agriculture in Ireland