1909 - 1910 AD 

1909 AD Queen's University in Belfast in the Ulster Province now became attractive to Irish Catholics, due to the introduction of Celtic Studies, a new department of Philosophy, and as an added bonus the Catholic Mater Misercordiae Hospital was to be used as a teaching hospital.

   William O Brien the old Labour stalwart from Co. Cork in Southern Munster, was still in there working away for equality for all of the population in Ireland, but he was to fail to reach an understanding with the "political" Sinn Fein Party, and he resigned from it, and with the other great socialist leader, James Larkin, he then co - founded the "Irish Transport & General Workers Union." 

   Countess Constance Markievicz nee Gore - Booth, who was of English origins originally, and a non - Catholic, who had been born at Lissadell in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province now joined the "political" Sinn Fein Party, and also founded the "Daughters of Erin"" and together with Helena Molony, she also co - founded the "Fianna Eireann" where they trained young Irish men in a similar manner to the Boy Scouts, and later on most of these particular boys would grow up to become instructors in the Irish Republican Brotherhood /  I.R.B., including Con Colbert and Liam Mellowes.

   Bulmer Hobson a non - Catholic who was also of English origins, was for passive resistance against the continuing British Imperial Government's oppression, and during his personal efforts to gain Irish Independence he was later to introduce the principles of the "political" Sinn Fein Party into America. 

     The Wyndham Land Purchase Act was amended and also upgraded, as to the financial provisions, for the tenant farmers in Ireland to be economically able to buy their own Irish land, and by now this had resulted in 270,000 Irish land holdings being able to be purchased by them, with another 46,000 pending, out of the original 500,000 that had still been left in 1903 AD and the Congested Districts Board, was now given compulsory powers to purchase and redistribute the land from another 1000 Land Lord Estates, that all up was comprised of nearly 2,000,000 further acres in Ireland. 

    A monument was to be erected on Grosse Isle in Canada, in memory of all those Irish who perished during migration to there, which read, "Thousands of the children of the Gael were lost on this Island, while fleeing from foreign tyrannical Laws and artificial Famine in the years 1847 - 1848 AD. God Bless Them. God save Ireland."

April: David Lloyd - George a Welsh man who was the British Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the "People's Budget" into the Westminster Parliament in England, which would finally bring about a major change to the ongoing negative political situations that had previously existed in relation to Ireland, where the Ascendancy Conservative unelected House of Lords in England, always had the "veto" over all legislation there in the British House of Commons, especially anything to do with any chance of reform in Ireland.

November: The British Conservative House of Lords in England, who were never ever elected to represent anyone, but who nevertheless always had the final say (veto) in English politics, was to finally overstep their mark on a matter that had nothing to do in any way with Ireland or Irish reform as they rejected the "People's Budget" that had previously been presented to the British Westminster Parliament by the elected British Liberal House of Commons blatantly usurping their elected rights, by a vote of 350 - 75, which not only caused the British Parliament to be dissolved, but also forced the hand of Herbert Asquith who was now the British Liberal Prime Minister. He first tried to get Edward V11 the German Saxe - Coburg British King, to create many new Liberal Peers, as one way of obtaining the required numbers in the unelected Conservative controlled House of Lords, to have the legislation passed and a     positive result of this dispute between the British Liberal Government and the unelected Conservative dominated House of Lords was to change the previous independence of the Liberals, who now needed the Irish votes, which put the Irish Parliamentary Party in a much better bargaining position, and their leader, John Redmond was now to receive a promise that Irish Home Rule would be included in their future Liberal Party platform.

    Michael Collins, who was of Gaelic Irish Heberian descent was from Co. Cork in Southern Munster, and he was to go on to become an outstanding major player in future Irish politics. as he had gone to London where he was working in the Post Office gaining valauable administration expirience and although still only 18 years of age he too had joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood / I.R.B. there and his commitment to the cause there showed determined leadership qualities when he read them a paper, condemning the Catholic Church in Ireland for it's inaction against the ongoing British Imperial oppression still being carried out by those in authority in England.

   Queen's University in Belfast in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province broadened their scholastic teachings even further and many more Irish Catholics also began to attend there. 

   John Millington Synge  the 38 year old dramatist,  who had been born in 1871 AD at Rathfarnham / Rath Fearnain (Fearnan's Ring Fort) in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster  died this year who had written, "The Shadow of the Glen," "Riders to the Sea," "The Well of the Saints," "The Playboy of the Western World" and "The Tinker's Wedding" all within four years from 1903 - 1907 AD,

1910 AD The Irish Nationalists from the political Irish Parliamentary Party, were now to hold the balance of power in the Westminster Parliament in England and they were all Irish Constitutionalists -  So much for the previous Conservative Ascendancy's comment during the setting up of the Immoral Union, "That the Irish M.P.'s would be lost in the numbers."

January 8th: Eammon de Valera, the mathematics teacher who was to become the future Taoiseach (leader) and President of Ireland, was married this year to Sinead Flanagan, who was 4 years older then him and was also his Gaelic teacher at St. Paul's Church at Arran Quay in Dublin.  

     Due to the British Westminster Parliament in England previously being dissolved over the "veto" of the "People's Budget," by the Conservative controlled and unelected House of Lords, a General Election was held for the Parliament in England, where the members in the Irish Parliamentary Party were also split among themselves over supporting the Liberal's Budget, as this budget was also a threat to the distillers and publicans and after the General Election was held, not only was the Liberal Party's M.P. numbers down, but the Irish Parliamentary Party M.P. numbers had also fallen to 70 seats, with the other 11 Irish seats now going to various Independent Irish Nationalists. Despite these losses the Irish Parliamentary Party with their remaining numbers were still able to retain the balance of power in the Westminster Parliament while the Liberal Party seats overall had fallen to 275, and the Conservative Unionists had risen to 273, with Labour holding onto 40 seats who were also supporting the Liberal Party who nevertheless were still dependent on John Redmond and his Irish Parliamentary Party votes. The ongoing conflict with the Conservative controlled and unelected House of Lords was to continue on for another 18 months, until the British Liberal Government finally were able to curb their powers after Centuries of "vetoes" of any chance of reform legislation, from this Conservative non - elected body, occurring in Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland.

May: Edward VII, the German Saxe - Coburg British King, died and his son, George V became the new German Saxe - Coburg King of Britain until 1936 AD.   

June 20^th: Fr. Michael Flanagan became the Vice - President of the "political" Irish Sinn Fein Party, and was to eventually also become the Chaplain of the "1st Dail Eireann / 1st Irish Parliament" when it would be democratically elected in the future.  secretary,

     Bulmer Hobson the Secretary of the "political" Sinn Fein Party resigned.

November: Negotiations between the Liberal Party and the Conservatives in both Houses of the British Westminster Parliament to find a solution to bring about Irish Home Rule broke down, with the Conservative controlled and unelected House of Lords continuing to "reject" any of the proposals that were put forward.

     James Connolly the socialist leader, had returned to Ireland, were he began his new Irish newspaper, "The Harp," and also co - founded the "International Workers of the World Association," and was also the organizer in the Ulster Province for the Irish Transport & General Workers Union and he also published his ideas for Socialism in Labour in Irish History as he had previously put all of his efforts into trying to interest the workers in Belfast in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province in the advantages of socialism, until he had been called down to Dublin to assist James Larkin the Labour leader who was to lead the workers in Dublin on a number of strikes for better working conditions. James Connolly although of a very different political persuasion was also friendly with Arthur Griffith the founder of the "political" Sinn Fein / Irish Republican Party, who also had the same goals of an Independent Ireland from the ongoing repression of the British Imperial Government. The ideas of Irish independence / Freedom that emanated from these two men, was added to further by the ongoing Gaelic revival that was occurruing at this time, mixed in with a little Fenian encouragement, and things were soon bound to happen in Ireland.

   William O Brien, the old Labour stalwart, from Co. Cork was also launching an "All for Ireland League" this year, and Timothy Healy who had become a King's Counsel / K.C. and an advocate for Women's Rights / Suffragettes and a "political" Sinn Fein Party supporter, also joined in with him. 

     The British Imperial Government lost control of Killorglin Castle / Castle Conway this year in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province under the Irish Land Act, that had been the original previous home of the Heberian Eoghanacht Moriartys, the Heberian Eoghanacht Mac Carthys, and the Anglo - Irish Fitz Geralds, which had been recently taken over by Lord Ventry. 

   48,000 acres of Ireland was sown down to wheat this year.

   A 20 mile boundary wall was constructed by the Belfast Water Commission this year around Silent Valley in the north - east of the Ulster Province, which contained the Reservoir that would be finally finished in 1922 AD. 

   Tom Clarke, the Old Republican, had created an active centre for the Irish Republican Brotherhood Organization / I.R.B. to meet in Dublin when he had opened his shop there.         

     Edward Carson was now the non - Catholic Ascendancy Unionist M.P. for Trinity College, who had been born and lived in Dublin, and he was to become the leader of  the non - Catholic Ascendancy Unionist Party in the Ulster Province later on, during which time he was to openly threaten the British Imperial Government with armed force and that he would also create a separate Government there in Ulster, if they did not respond to his demands and he also flagrantly ran guns and got away with it all, which was to affect the thinking and the views also of the Irish Republicans in the future, that they could do the same, and yet the British Imperial Government was to eventually give him a knighthood.  

December: The British Liberal Government, this month called for a Second Election for the year after the unelected British Conservative dominated House of Lords had previously gone too far and "vetoed" their Supply / Money Bill, and this enabled the Liberal Party to win it with the assistance of the Irish Parliamentary Party, as the numbers basically remained the same as before while the Conservatives, under Arthur "Bloody" Balfour had made the opposition to Irish Home Rule their main platform, and the Liberal Government now also had a victory over their Conservative allies in the unelected House of Lords, who still had their Conservative "Orange Card" to play in Ireland. The Irish Parliamentary Party once again held the balance of power in the British Westminster Parliament, and they now also felt well in control of the Irish population, and also of theirburgeoning opposition in Ireland, the "political" Sinn Fein Party, who they presented to the Irish people as only an obstacle to any chance of unity in Ireland. 

   The previous British Governments over the last 93 years had charged 325,000,000 pounds to the debt of Ireland.  

   Labour Exchanges were this year established in Britain.

      Michael Collins, Ireland's future bright light, was now 19 year of age and this year he was promoted to be the Section Master of the Irish Republican Brotherhood / I.R.B. in England, where he had also recently delivered an impressive paper on the 1847 AD Famine, and had by now moved on andimproved his expirienece by joining a firm of Stockbrokers in London, which gave him even more further economic administrationm abilities.

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