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CONTESTING HISTORY OPPOSING VOICES. 9: Two Traditions? Parnell and the Fenians. Two Traditions? Parnell and the Fenians. Constitutional Nationalism: 1782: Legislative Independence 1800: Act of Union 1824: Catholic Association - Daniel O’Connell 1829: Catholic Emancipation
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CONTESTINGHISTORYOPPOSINGVOICES 9: Two Traditions? Parnell and the Fenians
Two Traditions? Parnell and the Fenians • Constitutional Nationalism: • 1782: Legislative Independence • 1800: Act of Union • 1824: Catholic Association - Daniel O’Connell • 1829: Catholic Emancipation • 1830s-1840s: Repeal Movement - 1840: Loyal National Repeal Movement • 1842-3: Monster Meetings • 1870: Home Government Association - Isaac Butt • 1873: Home Rule League • 1879-82: The Land War – Michael Davitt - three ‘Fs’ • 1879: The New Departure and the Land League - Davitt, C. S. Parnell and John Devoy • 1880s: Parnell leads the Irish Parliamentary Party • 1886: First Home Rule Bill; 1893: Second Bill; 1912: Third Bill
Two Traditions? Parnell and the Fenians • Physical Force Nationalism: • 1798: Rebellion – legacy of America, France and United Irishmen • 1803: Robert Emmet Rising • 1842: Young Ireland Movement centred on the Nation Newspaper • 1848: Young Ireland Rebellion – European context • 1850s: Growing revolutionary zeal among Irish in America • 1858: James Stephens establishes revolutionary secret society in Dublin – ‘The Brotherhood’ - ‘Fenian’ applied to American Branch • 1865: Government swoop on Fenian leaders • 1867: Fenian Rising – ‘Manchester Martyrs’ • 1866, 1867 and 1871: failed interventions in Canada • 1873: Irish Republican Brotherhood acquired a formal constitution • 1879: The New Departure – John Devoy • 1880s: bombing outrages in England - revival of fortunes did not occur until the first decade of 20th century
Two Traditions? Parnell and the Fenians • Further Reading: • Boyce, D. G., Nineteenth-Century Ireland: The Search for Stability (1990). • Garvin, Tom, The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics (1981; 2005). • Garvin, Tom, Nationalist Revolutionaries in Ireland 1858-1928 (1987; 2005). • Kee, Robert, The Green Flag: A History of Irish Nationalism (1972). • Lyons, F. S. L., Charles Stewart Parnell (1977).