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Key personality: Points on Parnell

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  • Born in avondale co wicklow in 1846. First entered politics in 1874 when he stood for election as a HR league candidate, badly defeated but secured a seat at westminster the following year.
  • Impressed féminas with his defence of the manchester martyrs in 75. Popularity grew when he joined obstructionists such as joseph biggar.
  • Ambitious. in 77 replaced butt as leader of Home rule confederation.
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Key personality: Points on Davitt

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Gladstone and Land Reform -
Gladstone

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Gladstone and Land Reform - Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland 1869

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Gladstone and Land Reform - Impact of disestablishment

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Gladstone and Land Reform - First land act 1870

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Gladstone and Land Reform - Impact of first land act

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Gladstone and Land Reform - reactions to Gladstones policies

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Gladstone and Land Reform - Second land act

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Parnell and the land league - Foundation of the Land League

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Im 1879 James daly, editor of connaught telegraph organised a meeting of tenants at irish town to protest against increased of rents
10,000 attended

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Parnell and the land league - Land league aims

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To put an end to rack renting, evictions and landlord oppression
To achieve three F’s
To establish a peasant proprietorship

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Parnell and the land league - The Land war 79 - 82

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Parnell and the land league - Boycotting

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most effective tactic used
proposed in a speech by parnell in ennis co clare in september 1880

“you must shun him on the roadside”

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Parnell and the land league - Reaction of British government

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Parnell and the land league - Arrest of Parnell

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october 1881
speeches denouncing gladstone

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Parnell and the land league - “No rent” manifesto

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captain moonlight

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Parnell and the land league - The ladies Land League

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Kilmainham Treaty (1882)

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Gladstone realised he needed parnells help in restoring calm throughout ireland and was willing to compromise and grant further concessions to the tenant farmers

2nd may 1882 parnell released

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Kilmainham Treaty (1882) - British agreed

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To admit leaseholders to the benefits of the 1881 land act
To assist tenants in arrears with their rents and admit them to land courts
To end coercion and release land league prisoners

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Kilmainham Treaty (1882) - Parnell agreed

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To help restore law and order throughout the country
To cooperate with the liberal government in British parliament

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Kilmainham Treaty (1882) - Why it was a turning point

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For the development of the land question
Treaty satisfied some of the main demands of the land league (fair rent, tenure)

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Phoenix Park Murders

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6 may 1882 the new chief secretary walking toward viceroy lodge accompanied by T.H burke undersecretary, both men attacked and murdered

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Phoenix Park Murders - Impact

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shock in GB and ireland
anti irish feeling
parnell wanted to resign gladstone said no

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Elections of 85/86 - Divisions in liberal party

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Divided by whigs (right) and radicals

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Elections of 85/86 - Chamberlains plan for ireland

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Central board scheme - step in the direction for home rule
Involved a central board chosen by elected county councils, who would have limited power over irish internal affairs

misunderstanding

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Elections of 85/86 - Collapse of Gladstones government

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defeated in HOC on 9-6-1885, when the home rule party mps joined with conservatives on a financial issue

Third reform act 1884

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Elections of 85/86 - The conservatives and parnell

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Elections of 85/86 - General election of 85

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parnell hoped to hold balance of power
won 86

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Elections of 85/86 - Gladstones conversion to Home Rule “Hawarden Kite”

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Elections of 85/86 - Gladstones return to power

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Elections of 85/86 - First Home Rule Bill 1886

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  1. law making body or legislature containing two houses would be set up in dublin
  2. lower house directly elected, upper house consist of lords and landowners
  3. viceroy would be nominal heat if government
  4. irish mps would no longer sit in westminster
  5. ireland would pay 1/15 of overall imperial changes
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Elections of 85/86 - Opposition to Home Rule

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political: they believed loyalty to queen and empire could be protected by the existing union and single imperial parliament in london

religious: most unionists were protestant they feared for the future in an ireland ruled catholic majority “home rule is rome rule”

economic: ulster unionists feared economic prosperity of belfast would be undermined

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Elections of 85/86 - Defeat of first Home Rule Bill

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8-6-86
311 to 341

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Elections of 85/86 - General Election of 1886

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mirror image of 1885