Category: Biographies

John Redmond's Last Years

The time has not yet come to write the biography of John Redmond. Not until the history of the pledge-bound Irish Parliamentary party can be treated freely, fully and impartially as a chapter closed and ended will it be possible to record in detail the life of a man who was as...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

The time has not yet come to write the biography of John Redmond. Not until the history of the pledge-bound Irish Parliamentary party can be treated freely, fully and impartiall...

2. Chapter 2

The Parliament of 1892-5 was barren of results for Ireland, being consumed by factious strife, at Westminster between the Houses and in Ireland between the parties. With Gladsto...

3. Chapter 3

The year 1912, in which the straight fight on Home Rule was to begin, opened stormily. Mr. Churchill was announced to speak under the auspices of the Ulster Liberal Association...

4. Chapter 4

The first stir of a new movement in Nationalist Ireland outside the old political lines came from Labour--from Irish Labour, as yet unorganized and terribly in need of organizat...

5. Chapter 5

The week which began on Monday, July 27th, was feverish and excited. Formal discussion on the occurrences at Clontarf and Bachelor's Walk was confined to the Monday; but each da...

6. Chapter 6

At the ending of the long session of Parliament in 1914 there was a curious scene in the House of Commons, where members were crowded to assist at the formal passing of the Iris...

7. Chapter 7

The facts of the Irish rebellion are too generally familiar to need more than the briefest restatement--and perhaps too little known for an attempt at detailed analysis. Broadly...

8. Chapter 8

The Longford election had in reality been not merely a symptom, but an event of great importance. It was a notice of dismissal to the Parliamentary party. There was no reason to...