Above : Picture Of Isaac Butt

In the account 0f the Fenian Movement, mention was made 0f th small success of the efforts of the Constitutional Irish Party to propa»a. their own principles, as opposed to those of the Republican Brotherhood by the foundation of a new organisation called ” The National League “‘ By the end of the ’sixties, however, the aspect of things in Ireland had considerably changed. The failure of the Fenian risings had discredited the doctrine of Physical Force, and an opportunity appeared to be afforded for inducing the country to return to the methods of agitation within the limits of the law.

Above : Statue Monument Of Daniel O’Connell

Above : Picture Of Charles Gavan Duffy, One Of Young Irelanders

Meanwhile, O’Connell made no decided political move. The Young Ireland party grew in strength, although as yet its hold on the masses of the rural population was not great, and by their clergy it was generally opposed. New men, whose respect for the ” Liberator” was less, while at the same time their hostility to England was greater, began to speak again of the ” physical force method,” now for almost half-a-century discredited in Ireland. Of these, John Mitchel, an Ulsterman and a Protestant, and Thomas Meagher were amongst the most notable. William Smith O’Brien, also a Protestant and a member of the family of Lord Inchiquin, joined later.