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Charles Stuart Parnell

A significant figure in Irish history, Charles Stuart Parnell was born in 1846 into an Anglo-Irish landowning family. Educated at Cambridge, Parnell entered the British House of Commons in 1875.

Charles Stuart Parnell

Charles Stuart Parnell

Parnell - Connection with Fenians

Parliamentary Obstruction
Just kept talking during the meetings in parliament
Parnell speaks in Parliament
Supported by the Fenians
He does not believe any murder was committed in Manchester

Home Rule Movement

Parnell Took over
First leader was Isaac Butt
Not very successful
Set up in 1870

The Land League

1881 Land Act
William Gladstone , PM, puts parnell in Killmainghan Jail
Parnell goes around to the people telling them to test this act
Provides fair rents and a land court to decide the rents
Boycott
Socially Ignored
Wouldn't talk or serve the man or his family
People isolated anyone who took the land on which someone was evicted
Wanted the 3 F's
Free Sale

If their land was sold, they would get compensation

Fixity of Tenure

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

Fair Rent
Parnell is not a founder but becomes the President
Michael Davitt
John Devoy

Leader of IRB in America

Main topic

Manchester Martyrs 1867

Parnell becomes member of the Home Rule Party
Policeman accidently killed
Two Irish fenians arrested for acting suspiciously

Parnell's Early Life

Elected to House of Commons in 1875
Studied at Cambridge University
Parnell was a Protestant Landlord
Owned 5000 Acres
Anglo - Irish landowners
Born 27th June ,1846 in Avondale, Co. Wicklow

Politics in Britain

British Parliament
House of Lords
House of Commons
2 Main Parties
Liberals

For Home Rule

Conservatives

Therefore not allowing the bill to be passed

House of lords were mostly Protestant Bishops etc

Leader was Andrew Bonar Law

Against Home Rule

Fenian Movement

Believe in using physical force
Unsuccessful rebellion in South Kerry in 1867
Hundreds arrested including Tom Clarke
Also called the IRB
Founders
John O' Mahoney
James Stephens