When my country takes her
place among the nations of
the earth, then and not till
then shall my epitaph be
written.
NICK PELLING"Stamped the idea of an independent
republic into the minds of Irish men for generations to
come"
O'connel
Emancipation
Twenty years have passed away...and we are still
slaves
VESSY FITZGERALD"So complete and so formidable that no man
can contemplate wiithout alarm what is to follow in this wretched
country..."
We are watching the tens of
thousands of disiplened fanatics
concentrating every single passion
on one object...Emanipation
ENGLISH MP" must bring the Catholic question to a crisis and conslusion
O'C"One of the greatest triumphs recorded in history - a bloodless revolution"
JC BECKETT"Proved a more significant turning point in the history of modern Ireland than 1800"
Repeal
A&P"Vast pressure group"
PEEL"Clontarf marked the effective end of
the repeal campaign."
J.C BECKETT"No other single person has left such an
unmistakable mark on the history of Ireland
OLIVER MACDONAGH"He was perhaps the greatest innovator in modern democratic politics
as well as te originator of almost all the basic strategies of Anglo-Irish constitutional relations
Reform
Young Irelanders
ROBERT KEE"Believed in the idea of the essential unity
of all irishmen of whatever creed race of class they might
be
F.S.L LYONS"Exhibted all the classical symptoms of romantic idealism totally out of touch with
the world of reality
Fenians
NICK PELLING" Masterly Inactivity
F.S.L LYONS"Had a symbolic significance"
Home Rule: Issac Butt
Land War/League
A&P"The Irish National cause now became linked with an agrarian crisis
A&P"Fusing into one national movement of all the elements of Irish protest&grievance"
A&P"Politics had superseded the agrarian struggle. Once again the fate of Ireland was centered on the House of Commons"
Home Rule:Parnell
A&P"Parnell&Parnellite principles"
Overview of Parnell&Gladstone
A&P"Turned it from a vague ideal into a
realistic aim&convinced the majority of Irish
people that it was a just&feasible solution to
the Irish problem
NICK PELLING"He turned the IPP into a strong,
united&disciplined electoral force which played a
key role in British politics in the 1800's
Cultural Nationalism
REES"Provided the prop for cultural nationalists
at the turn of the century"
REES"Played a crucial role in raising awareness of a distinct Irish Culture"
REES"The impact of the League&Thr organisations labouring under the cultural nationalist umbrella must not obscure the fact cultural
nationalism was very much a minority movement