John Redmond's Last Years

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Stephen Lucius Gwynn. John Redmond's Last Years

John Redmond's Last Years

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

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II

CHAPTER II

REDMOND AS CHAIRMAN

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II

III

IV

V

CHAPTER III

THE HOME RULE BILL OF 1912

CHAPTER IV

THE RIVAL VOLUNTEER FORCES

CHAPTER V

WAR IN EUROPE

I

II

CHAPTER VI

THE RAISING OF THE IRISH BRIGADES

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II

III

IV

V

CHAPTER VII

THE REBELLION AND ITS SEQUEL

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II

III

CHAPTER VIII

THE CONVENTION AND THE END

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II

III

INDEX

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Stephen Lucius Gwynn

Published by Good Press, 2019

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He was wrong. The settlement of this vast question was to be accomplished through the Imperial Parliament, not the Irish. Yet it was accomplished in essence by an agreement between Irishmen for which Redmond himself was largely responsible.

That settlement, however, merely ratified in 1903 the final stage in the conversion of both countries to Parnell's policy of State-aided land purchase. Tentative beginnings were made with it under the Government which was in power from 1886 to 1892; but the main characteristic of this period was a fierce revival of the land war. It was virulent in Wexford, and in 1888 Redmond shared the experience which few Irish members escaped or desired to escape; he was sentenced to imprisonment on a charge of intimidation for a speech condemning some evictions. He and his brother met in Wexford jail, and both used to describe with glee their mutual salutation: "Good heavens, what a ruffian you look!" Cropped hair and convict clothes were part of Mr. Balfour's resolute government.

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