Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Portrait Of Charles Stewart Parnell In 1875, a new member, recently elected for Co. Meath, and who had contested the seat on Home Rule lines, made his first appearance in the House of Commons This was Charles Stewart Parnell, then a young man of 29, the great-grandson of Sir John Parnell, whose opposition [...]

Above : Picture Of Lord Chancellor The Irish authorities, office-holders and corporations were, as a rule, far more opposed to concession than were the British Ministers. These indeed, inclined to the belief that, considering the dangerous state of affairs on the Continent, where the progress of the French Revolution had become a serious menace to [...]