# The Irish cause and "the Irish Convention"

Author: O'Brien, William, 1852-1928

Genre: Home rule -- Ireland

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78446

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Irish+cause+and+%22the+Irish+Convention%22+O%27Brien&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Prime Minister’s proposals are contained in two apparently water-tight compartments: The first is the Bill which the Government offered to introduce based on the severance of six Irish counties from the body of Ireland, and that offer could only be met by an immediate and unchangeable negative on the part of the Irish people. You may abuse Longford as much as you like, but Longford has shot the fox--Longford has killed Partition so far as the Nationalists of Ireland are concerned. The alternative plan which now, after the Prime Minister’s speech, remains the only one--the plan of referring to Irishmen themselves the drafting of a Constitution for Ireland--is one which, if it had been...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-irish-cause-and-the-irish-convention-78446/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-irish-cause-and-the-irish-convention-78446/chapters/2/index.md)