The making of modern Ireland (1845-2000): the political career of Charles Stewart Parnell

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It is an indisputable and unavoidable fact that Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) has gained sufficient stardom and popularity throughout Ireland. In Dublin for instance, one cannot avoid noticing his statue on O'Connell Street. However, one might wonder why Parnell has gained so much of importance across Ireland. The answer to this question will be depicted in this report that we are publishing. We will delve into his political career from 1875 until his death in 1891. Further we will focus on his contribution which has had a significant impact in the history of Ireland and Great Britain. Firstly we will begin by dealing with Parnell's career as an M.P. until 1879. Secondly we will focus on the Land War that was at the centre of Parnell's political choices and at his peak career as a politician between 1879 and 1882. In conclusion, we will describe the way Parnell strived to make Ireland a more independent entity (i.e. home rule policy) until his political downfall in 1890.

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[...] So Lyons (p179) points out that more MPs were farmers and shopkeepers in 1886 than in 1880, whereas less of them were landowners. At the same time the number of Catholic M.P.s increased from 55 in 1880 to 75 in 1885 (Lee 108). In order to promote the cause of the Home Rule, Parnell also used the Irish National League that replaced the Land League after 1882. So, home rulers got eventually good results at the 1885 general election. Thanks to these results and to his pragmatism, Parnell managed to lead the Liberals to rally to the cause of Home Rule. [...]

[...] Parnell studied at Magdalene College and he started his political career in 1875, as a Home Rule League M.P. Thus Parnell was born during the Great Famine. After that famine and the death of about 1.1 million people, many Irish people felt that the British government had not protected them efficiently, which led to the progress of Irish nationalism. It was illustrated by the development of different organizations which claimed more independence for Ireland. Some of them promoted the use of violence (i.e. [...]

[...] This helps to explain the increase in agrarian crime at that time. Furthermore the Liberal government led by Gladstone associated agrarian crime with the Land League. As a result two “Coercion” Acts were passed in the beginning of 1881. They allowed authorities to imprison any “reasonably suspected” person (Lee but despite the arrest of hundreds of leaders the number of agrarian crimes continued to increase and Parnell was more widely supported after the Coercion Acts. As a result another solution had to be found in August. [...]

[...] The making of modern Ireland (1845-2000): the political career of Charles Stewart Parnell Introduction No one can avoid noticing the many references to Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) throughout Ireland. In Dublin for instance, you can find his statue on O'Connell Street. But why is Parnell so important? To answer this question we will depict his political career from 1875 to his death in 1891, and we will see how significant it was to the history of Ireland and Great Britain. [...]

[...] After 1879, the problems of Ireland remained central in the politics of Great Britain because of the land war. II/ The land war (1879-1882) The land war drew attention to social and economical matters instead of the issue of independence (Lee 64). This was due to the agriculture crisis that reached its peak in 1879 (Foster 402), and resulted in the development of agrarian agitation led by grassroots. Parnell hesitated to support it because he no social revolutionary” (Lee 73). [...]