1889 - 1890 AD
"Co - Ops Introduced - Parnell In Trouble."
1889
AD
In a further attempt to try and "discredit"
Charles Stewart - Parnell the leader of the Irish
Parliamentary Party, a
British Conservative Government Commission was set up to inquire
into the allegation that he
had condoned the "killing" of
Lord
Frederick Cavendish
and
T.H. Burke
in Phoenix Park by the "Invincibles," that was based on the
fraudulent letters of Richard
Piggot the
journalist for the anti - Irish newspaper, "The
Times" in England, who had "forged"
them himself to suite his employers.
Joseph
Gillis Biggar, who had originally begun
"Obstructionism" in the Westminster Parliament to try and make them pay attention
to Irish Affairs, also appeared before this
Commission to give evidence and the result of all of this
skulduggery was that
Charles Stewart - Parnell
was to be "exonerated" later on in the spring of
1890 AD by the
British Commission of Enquiry of any
implication into the Phoenix Park
killings, and
Richard Piggot
"The Times" journalist was exposed as the "low life forger" of the letters.
The upside of this was that
Charles Stewart - Parnell's
popularity "increased" even more, and at the next session of the
British Westminster Parliament the entire
Opposition, which included the front bench gave him a
"standing ovation." William O Brien,
the Labor stalwart and M.P.
from Co. Cork,
who was ever diligent for the good of the
population of
Ireland now won
Charles Stewart - Parnell's support for the
"Irish Tenants Defence
Association" and
Arthur. J.
"Bloody"
Balfour
the
British
Conservative Chief Secretary
in
Ireland was
now well aware that the "land" system
operated in Ireland by the
Land Lords was the main bone of
contention, that ensured a constant push for "Irish Home Rule"
and to counteract this it was his intention to make
land purchase
"compulsory," but the British
Imperial Conservative Government in Britain
instead brought in a "voluntary" selling scheme
that actually suited the
Land Lords
better and they put up
33,000,000 pounds
in advance to carry it out, but the
Liberals and the
"Irish Home Rule" members who were
in the Opposition were to
delay the Bill's operation
until
1891 AD.
Horace Plunkett a Unionist Land Lord returned to Ireland from America and introduced Co - operatives into Ireland, as he believed the problems in Ireland were only "social and economic," not political, as he was convinced only by helping themselves (Sinn Fein) would they ever fix all the problems, and he came under attack from the Irish Nationalists who now feared for any chance of Irish Home Rule occurring, but despite this his ideas were to be quite "successful" and there were many Co - ops to be set up in the future.
Captain
William O Shea,
the previous husband of
Kitty O Shea, from whom
she had long been "separated," and who was in a long time liaison with
Charles Stewart - Parnell,
was biding his time, as Kitty O Shea's aunt was a very wealthy woman, and
Kitty was
to be her "beneficiary," and it was now in his" economic interests" to wait for the aunt to
"pass on" and
leave
Kitty her
money, to which, as her husband, he would be entitled to a "share," and when he
was ready to make his avarice move it was
to bring about "terrible disaster" and further unnecessary conflicts for
the population in in Ireland.
William Allingham the
poet
who had previously expressed the opinion that the Irish
Penal Laws were the "deliberate destruction" of any industry in
Ireland, had been
born at
Ballyshannon / The Falls of Assaroe, and he
was to die
this year and his ashes were brought back to Ireland from England to be interred at
Mullinashee /
Mulagh Na Sidh / The Hill of the Fairies situated behind the house
where he was born, which was where Aed Ruadh / The Fire God
the Irian King
was drowned
while admiring himself, and was also interred in the mound there.
1890 AD
The "Moonlighters"
/ Captain Moonlight / Irish Land League were still
continuing to be "active" against the "oppressive"
Land Lords and their
agents in Ireland.
November 17th / Autumn: Captain
William O Shea,
the husband of
Kitty
O Shea
/ O Shee, was now ready to
make his move, as her rich aunt had
died and she would now receive her
inheritance to which he would be "legally" entitled to a share, although they
had long been separated, and he brought forward
divorce proceedings against her, naming
Charles Stewart - Parnell
as the other party, and
in such a strong "religious" Country as
Ireland
his
"enemies" were now able to use the resultant
publicity given to the case to his disadvantage, while the non - Conformists in the
Liberal Party who were also seeking their
advantage wanted their leader,
William Gladstone,
to have nothing further to do with the
Irish Parliamentary
Party while Charles Stewart - Parnell remained their leader, but despite this
set back a public
meeting was held in
Dublin where all present
re - affirmed their
confidence in his leadership.
November 25th:
The
Irish Parliamentary
Party held a meeting in
London,
and
Charles Stewart - Parnell
was once again re - elected their chairman, so that there was
no moral stand taken against him up until this particular time.
November
29th:
Charles Stewart -
Parnell
published his
"Manifesto to the Irish
People" in which he denounced
William Gladstone's
1st
Irish Home
Rule proposals as "inadequate" and
repudiated any alliance with any of the
British
Political
Parties, but at the bye-
election for the seat of
Northern Kilkenny he was
pelted with mud, but still continued on with his campaign,
although health wise he was "deteriorating"
and his
"Manifesto" seemed
to also fortify the previous outlook of any one who was
suspicious of any chance of obtaining any "constitutional"
method that would now not to be able to really gain any future "real reform" in
Ireland
from the British Imperial Governments.
December 1st: The Irish Parliamentary Party met in London again over the next few days, under the chairmanship of Charles Stewart - Parnell, to discuss his position and also theirs in relation to the Liberal Party's opposition to him, and also to him continuing on as their "leader" and he was to stall any decisions they tried to reach about the matter.
December 6th: Justin Mac Carthy, the M.P. for Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster, who was the vice - chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party called on all the members who agreed with him that Charles Stewart - Parnell should stand down as their leader and to follow him instead and leave the meeting with him and a majority of 45 / 43 walked out of the meeting while 29 / 27 remained, and William O Brien the old Labor social stalwart from Co. Cork once again made a Statesman like appearance in Irish history trying to negotiate an "amicable" agreement with those who had left. Arthur Griffiths who was to become the future "founder" of the Sinn Fein Party (We Ourselves) and the "Father of Irish Independence" in 1922 AD, was another strong "supporter" of Charles Stewart - Parnell during his troubles, but the Irish Parliamentary Party were now certainly "split," and there previous influence in the Westminster Parliament was going to suffer because of this, giving the Conservatives in the Parliament once again the upper hand. The anti - Parnellite breakaways who left the scene, eventually elected Justin Mac Carthy to be their new chairman, but he was not a strong leader and lacked authority because of it, but he had a committee of 8 to back him up and among his breakaway committee were John Dillon, and Timothy M. Healy the barrister, who had previously acted as a secretary to Charles Stewart - Parnell. Timothy Healy had also figured prominently in Charles Stewart - Parnell's overthrow, but although he certainly had the capacity to personally lead, he also suffered from bad "character" defects, and besides this John Dillon and Timothy Healy were to become very "bitter rivals" also, which was now to cause "great damage" to the Irish Home Rule movement. Charles Stewart - Parnell began a personal campaign, which he was to conduct for nearly a year, to try and win back his lost support and regain his overall leadership, but he was also now up against the Catholic Irish clergy, who attacked him on "moral grounds" over his liaison with Kitty O Shea.
Arthur J.
"Bloody Balfour," the British
Conservative Chief Secretary in Ireland, who
was to gain his epithet in
Ireland due to the "atrocities" he carried out there, now also suppressed the
"Irish
National League" and their
"Plan of Campaign."
John Dillon the
Irish Parliamentary Party M.P.
for
Co. Wexford
in Southern Leinster,
along with the old Labor stalwart
William O Brien
the Irish Parliamentary Party M.P.
for Co. Cork, and another
3
Irish Parliamentary Party
M.P's,
together with 7
other Irishmen,
were now also "arrested" in Co. Tipperary
in the north - east of the Munster Province
for inducing the "tenant farmers" on the confiscated Estate of
Smith - Barry to stand
up for themselves and not pay their "rent."
Meanwhile the
British Imperial Conservative Government in
England was "losing" one bye - election after another, and were down from
188 seats,
which now also included the
Liberal
Unionists who were under the leadership of the defector fromthe Liberal
Party
Joseph Chamberlain to
77, while the
Liberal Party
themselves were slowly "regaining" their lost
ground, and at this time it was still possible that a
Liberal Party
win in the Westminster Parliament could see the re - introduction of
Irish Home Rule with the
additional votes of the
Irish Parliamentary
Party M.P.s.
The
Gaelic Athletic
Association,
previously introduced and run by
Michael Cusack in
Ireland, was to have a great influence in Ireland
although it had been set up
to promote the previously "banned" Irish Sports,
while
T.D. Sullivan
wrote the
Fenian Anthem, "God Save
Ireland," and also during this "decade" and the next, many
Gaelic historians recreated the
awareness of
Ireland's
National Heritage, which had been previously
"taken away" under the
original decree of Elizabeth 1st so that,
"No Irishman was to ever know his
grandfather."
Michael Collins / Ua Coileain, a descendent of the Heberian Eoghanacht Ui Chonaill Sept of Upper and Lower Conilloe in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province, who would become the future "Light of Ireland," who would be the main catalyst in directing the "withdrawal" of the British Imperial Government oppression and their "Immoral Union" from 26 of the Counties from the 32 Counties of Ireland, after 750 years of never - ending oppression, in 1921 AD, was born this year and was the youngest child of 8 children to Michael Collins Snr. who was 75 years of age and Mary Anne nee O Brien who was 35 years of age, the daughter of James O Brien of Sam's Cross near Rosscarbery in West Co. Cork in Southern Munster, 4 miles from Clonakilty. Michael O Brien Snr's mother was a cousin to the hedge schoolmaster, Diarmait O Sullivan / Diarmuid Ua Suileabhain, who had been a personal acquaintance of Theobold Wolfe Tone the Irish Republican founder, and he had also taught Michael Snr. Their home was near the Rock of Cliodhna / Carraig Chliodhna (The Queen of the Munster Fairies), which was adjacent to the Barry Castle, while his Tuath / Family region had been the territory of the Heberian Eoghanacht Kings of Conaill Gabhra who in 1178 AD, as the main body of the Sept (Family branch, had been "driven out" by the invading Anglo - Normans from there and had then settled in the west of Co. Cork, while those of the Tuath who stayed behind became the Kings of Claonghas in the south - west of Co. Limerick, until the 13th Century AD, when they too were also driven out by the Anglo - Norman Fitz Geralds.
Joseph Gillis Biggar who was a great supporte for Irish Freedom who had been well known for his original "Obstructionism" in the British Westminster Parliament to try and have them pay attention to Irish Affairs, died this year.