Charles Stuart Parnell

Fenian Movement

Founders

James Stephens

John O' Mahoney

Also called the IRB

Unsuccessful rebellion in South Kerry in 1867

Hundreds arrested including Tom Clarke

Believe in using physical force

Politics in Britain

2 Main Parties

Conservatives

Against Home Rule

Leader was Andrew Bonar Law

House of lords were mostly Protestant Bishops etc

Therefore not allowing the bill to be passed

Liberals

For Home Rule

British Parliament

House of Commons

House of Lords

Parnell's Early Life

Born 27th June ,1846 in Avondale, Co. Wicklow

Anglo - Irish landowners

Parnell was a Protestant Landlord

Owned 5000 Acres

Studied at Cambridge University

Elected to House of Commons in 1875

Manchester Martyrs 1867

Two Irish fenians arrested for acting suspiciously

Policeman accidently killed

Parnell becomes member of the Home Rule Party

Main topic

The Land League

Founders

John Devoy

Leader of IRB in America

Michael Davitt

Parnell is not a founder but becomes the President

Wanted the 3 F's

Fair Rent

Fixity of Tenure

As long as you paid the rent, you could not be evicted

Free Sale

If their land was sold, they would get compensation

Boycott

People isolated anyone who took the land on which someone was evicted

Wouldn't talk or serve the man or his family

Socially Ignored

1881 Land Act

Provides fair rents and a land court to decide the rents

Parnell goes around to the people telling them to test this act

William Gladstone , PM, puts parnell in Killmainghan Jail

Home Rule Movement

Set up in 1870

First leader was Isaac Butt

Not very successful

Parnell Took over

Parnell - Connection with Fenians

Parnell speaks in Parliament

He does not believe any murder was committed in Manchester

Supported by the Fenians

Parliamentary Obstruction

Just kept talking during the meetings in parliament