Church Support Flashcards
1
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Grattan and Plunket
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-Grattan did not; in his 1808 motion he tried to introduce a veto that would allow the British Government to veto any appointment of Roman Catholic Bishops in the UK.
2
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O’Connell 1823-1829
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- Local clergy endorsed the Catholic Association, collected the Catholic Rent before Catholics entered mass
- During the 1826 General Election played the major role of leading the 40 Shilling Freeholders to the polling booth
- In fact, Cronin believes that the Catholic Church was “essential to the whole movement”.
3
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O’Connell 1829-1843
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- Repeal, like Emancipation did have the support of many Catholic Clergy, or “as with emancipation, so with Repeal” (Jackson).
- In 1842 Archbishop MacHale publicly supported the LNRA and this boosted support amongst the lower clergy.
- Support was “critical” (Cronin) from the Catholic hierarchy,
- Boyce also points out that the role of the clergy in the O’Connellite movement should not be over-emphasised compared to the work of O’Connell and the Irish yeomanry.
4
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TRL AND IIP
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- Support of the League by Southern clergy that was a major factor that alienated Northern Protestants.
- In 1855 Frederick Lucas (another IIP leader) decided to take a complaint about the Archbishop of Dublin Paul Cullen to Rome, which alienated clerical support from the movement.
- From here the League of North and South went into decline. BUT Bishop Thomas McNulty in 1860 supported the introduction of the 3Fs (noticeably after the collapse of the League)
5
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Parnell and the Land League
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- The Church while initially condemning the Mayo Land League began supporting the movement during 1879 when the New Departure was established.
- Over time the Catholic Church support increased as Parish Priests joined; even Archbishop Croke came out in support.
- Rees states that the Fenian presence made the Church anxious, and so they joined to provide a counterweight. -However the Fenian roles in elections and grassroots activism were more important than the clergy according to Comerford
- Jackson states Parnell had control over the Clergy not seen since O’Connell.
6
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Parnell and the Home Rule movement
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- The Church was involved in the Home Rule movement; Bartlett states that “The Church anointed Parnell as the patron saint of the national cause”.
- Jackson says that the establishment of the National league in 1882 was a “seminal moment” comparable with the LNRA in the 1840s as Parnell could control both the grassroots and harness the power of the Church.
- In 1884 Parnell deferred education policy to the Church. But in 1890, Parnell was denounced by the Church: “all who profess Parnellism profess to love and admire adultery”.
- Originally the movement did have support of the church, and then lost it; but again the work of the grass roots and Parnell’s leadership were the most dominant factors within the Home Rule movement.
7
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Emmet in 1803
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The Church did not lend support to Emmet’s Rebellion at all; in fact in the early 19th Century the Church was pro-Union out of fear of revolutionary fervour in Europe, believing the Union offered stability.
8
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Irish Confederation
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None whatsoever. In fact “clerical admonition” (O’Cathaoir) was one of the primary reasons the rebellion was reduced drastically in size and support; the Church could be considered one of the primary reasons the rebellion was such a farce.
9
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Fenians
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- The Fenians most certainly did not have the support; they were a secular, secretive, violence promoting and Clergy criticising organisation.
- In 1861, Father Levelle defied the instructions of the Archbishop Cullen not to preach at McManus’s funeral; the same Archbishop Cullen who in 1865 condemned Fenianism as “a compound of folly and wickedness”. —–Clearly, the church did not support the Fenian organisation. But unlike previous Nationalist organisations, as Lee points out, “relied on so little clerical support”.
