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Irish National Land League

Great Britain · Politics / Irish Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1879–1880Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1879

Charles Stewart Parnell21 October 1879

Politics / Irish Party

Elected president of Davitts newly founded Irish National Land League, signing a militant Land League address campaigning for land reform

John DillonDecember 1879

Politics / Irish Party

Charles Stewart Parnell leaves for America with John Dillon to raise funds for famine relief and secure support for Home Rule

Charles Stewart ParnellDecember 1879

Politics / Irish Party

Charles Stewart Parnell leaves for America with John Dillon to raise funds for famine relief and secure support for Home Rule

1880

Charles Stewart Parnell2 February 1880

Politics / Irish Party

Speaks in sixty-two cities in the USA & Canada, where he was so well received in Toronto, that Healy dubbs him "the uncrowned king of Ireland". Has an audience with the American President & addresses the House of Representatives on the state of Ireland

Names involved

Charles Stewart ParnellJohn Dillon

Provenance

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