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Robert Emmet
Charles Stewart Parnell
The Land WarThere was lots of violence in Ireland because the tenant farmers were upset. The government started to put people in jail without giving them a trial. Parnell was locked up. This only made the violence worse. Parnell was released in the hope that he would be able to stop the violence. At last, the British Government passed a Land Act which gave the tenant farmers rights to a fair rent. This stopped most of the violence. The Act of UnionParnell now tried to get rid of the Act of Union. He had lots of enemies and when his name was mentioned in a divorce case, he lost a lot of support. The Catholic bishops gave out about him. The people in his own party let him down. He went around the country making speeches, but people would not listen to him. He became ill and died at the age of 45. Then people felt sorry, and there was a huge crowd at his funeral. Home ¦ Class Photographs ¦ Dates for Diary ¦ General Interest |Information ¦ Local History ¦ Newsletters ¦ Our Work ¦ Sporting Activities ¦ Useful Links ¦ Web Safety |
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