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Title: Ireland Since Parnell

Author: Daniel Desmond Sheehan

Release Date: November 5, 2004 [EBook #13963]

Language: English

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IRELAND SINCE
PARNELL

BY
CAPTAIN D.D. SHEEHAN

BARRISTER-AT-LAW
LATE M.P. FOR MID-CORK

LONDON

DANIEL O'CONNOR
90 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, W.C.1

1921

CONTENTS

FOREWORD
CHAPTER
I. A LEADER APPEARS
II. A LEADER IS DETHRONED!
III. THE DEATH OF A LEADER
IV. AN APPRECIATION OF PARNELL
V. THE WRECK AND RUIN OF A PARTY
VI. TOWARDS LIGHT AND LEADING
VII. FORCES OF REGENERATION AND THEIR EFFECT
VIII. THE BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT AND WHAT IT CAME TO
IX. THE LAND QUESTION AND ITS SETTLEMENT
X. LAND PURCHASE AND A DETERMINED CAMPAIGN TO KILL IT
XI. THE MOVEMENT FOR DEVOLUTION AND ITS DEFEAT
XII. THE LATER IRISH PARTY--ITS CHARACTER AND COMPOSITION
XIII. A TALE OF BAD LEADERSHIP AND BAD FAITH
XIV. LAND AND LABOUR
XV. SOME FURTHER SALVAGE FROM THE WRECKAGE
XVI. REUNION AND TREACHERY
XVII. A NEW POWER ARISES IN IRELAND
XVIII. A CAMPAIGN OF EXTERMINATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
XIX. A GENERAL ELECTION THAT LEADS TO A "HOME RULE" BILL!
XX. THE RISE OF SIR EDWARD CARSON
XXI. SINN FEIN--ITS ORIGINAL MEANING AND PURPOSE
XXII. LABOUR BECOMES A POWER IN IRISH LIFE
XXIII. CARSON, ULSTER AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
XXIV. FORMATION OF IRISH VOLUNTEERS AND OUTBREAK OF WAR
XXV. THE EASTER WEEK REBELLION AND AFTERWARDS
XXVI. THE IRISH CONVENTION AND THE CONSCRIPTION OF IRELAND
XXVII. "THE TIMES" AND IRISH SETTLEMENT
XXVIII. THE ISSUES NOW AT STAKE