Three Fs

The Three Fs were a series of demands issued by Irish nationalists in their campaign for land reform in Ireland. They were

• fair rent
• free sale
• fixity of tenure

Many historians argue that their absence contributed severely to the Great Irish Famine (1846-49), as it allowed the mass eviction of starving tenants. The Three Fs were campaigned for by a number of political movements, notably the Independent Irish Party and later the Irish Parliamentary Party. They were conceded by the British Government in a series of Land Acts enacted from the 1870s on.

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In another context, the "three Fs" is also an informal mnemonic used by educators to help psychology students remember the primary triggers for sympathetic nervous system activity: fear, fighting and sexual arousal.