Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Anna Parnell
Irish National League
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Mary Augusta Ward | Other major influences on MAW
's writing from around this time were a visit to Oxford by French sceptic Ernest Renan
, who figures as an intellectual presence in a number of her novels, and... |
| Literary Setting | Harriett Jay | HJ
sets this tale in a place called Patrickstown, which may be the one in central Ireland (County Meath), but which has rather the feel of north-western Ireland, with a contemporary setting focusing on... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Helen Taylor | HT
made a fighting speech (following the government's suppression of the Irish Land League
and imprisonment of Charles Stewart Parnell
) on the iniquities which were now disgracing England in Ireland (which, she pointed out... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | May Laffan | She was furious at being identified, as she intensely disliked publicity. In an angry letter to George Grove
, editor of the magazine, she wrote: I thought I had clearly made it understood to the... |
| politics | Katharine Tynan | She had attended the first meeting of the Ladies' Land League
, which was formed on 31 January 1881 by Anna Catherine Parnell
, sister of Charles Parnell
(the Irish nationalist and founder in 1879... |
| politics | Katharine Tynan | KT
was a Parnellite: that is, she continued to support the Irish nationalist Charles Stewart Parnell
even after he was found guilty of adultery in the O'Shea divorce case in November 1890. Parnell had led... |
| politics | Katharine Tynan | Soon after hearing Parnell speak at the Rotunda, KT
joined the National League
(which formerly had not interested her, though she had worked for the Ladies' Land League
) and became a Nationalist. On 12... |
| politics | John Millington Synge | Maud Gonne
had been assisting tenants in Donegal who were threatened with eviction by their landlords. After meeting her, JMS
joined the Irish League
(further severing his links with his family's landlord class). However, he... |
| politics | Dora Sigerson | DS
accompanied Katharine Tynan
to a mass meeting for the National Land League
at the Rotunda in Dublin, where Charles Parnell
spoke, just as his naming in the O'Shea divorce case was fatally dividing... |
| politics | Harriett Jay | In her dedication of The Priest's BlessingHJ
declared herself opposed to Irish nationalism. She implicitly condemned the members of the Irish Land League
—a nationalist organization (founded in late 1879) whose ultimate goal was... |
| politics | May Laffan | ML
became involved with various political scenes through her family members and friends. The Fitzgibbon half of her family were conservative Unionists, and she was influenced by her maternal great-uncle Gerald Fitzgibbon
's essay collection... |
| politics | Hannah Lynch | The League itself, headed by Anna Parnell
, was an off-shoot of the Irish Land League
, and was the very first political association of Irish women. Lynch was secretary of the London branch while... |
| politics | Hannah Lynch | In 1882 Anna's brother Charles Parnell
, president of the Irish Land League
, stopped funds to the Ladies' Land League
and to his sister. Anna never spoke to him again. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
| Residence | May Crommelin | Helen C. Black
dated the end of MC
's girlhood in Ireland to the beginning of Irish land troubles: Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day. Maclaren, 1906. 210 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Harriett Jay | The Priest's Blessing also articulates a violently anti-nationalist and particularly anti-Land League
sentiment, again through the voice of O'Brien, who argues that Catholics are unfit to own land. When asked what the fate of... |
Timeline
Later 1879: In a year when the Irish harvest failed almost...
National or international item
Later 1879
In a year when the Irish harvest failed almost entirely, the Irish National Land League
was formed in Dublin, with Charles Stewart Parnell
as president.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
22
January 1881: Charles Stewart Parnell and several prominent...
National or international item
January 1881
Charles Stewart Parnell
and several prominent Irish Land League
members were tried on various charges, the most general of which was demoralizing the Irish; they were all acquitted.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
25
31 January 1881: At the end of the month in which Charles...
National or international item
31 January 1881
At the end of the month in which Charles Stewart Parnell
stood trial for demoralizing the Irish people, his sister Anna Catherine Parnell
launched the Ladies' Land League
in Ireland; like the original Land League
2 March 1881: The Protection of Person and Property (Ireland)...
National or international item
2 March 1881
The Protection of Person and Property (Ireland) Act allowed for arrest on a Lord-Lieutenant's warrant of any person suspected of engaging in acts of treason or of inciting violence.
Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
46
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
403
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
26
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2024.
2 March 1881: The Protection of Person and Property (Ireland)...
National or international item
2 March 1881
The Protection of Person and Property (Ireland) Act allowed for arrest on a Lord-Lieutenant's warrant of any person suspected of engaging in acts of treason or of inciting violence.
Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
46
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
403
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
26
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2024.
24 December 1881: The British government declared the Irish...
National or international item
24 December 1881
The British government declared the IrishLadies' Land League
an illegal organization.
Smith, Janet. “Helen Taylor’s Anti-imperial Feminism: Ireland and the Land League question”. Women’s History, Vol.
2
, No. 4, 1 Mar.–31 May 2016, pp. 19-24. 22
12 September 1882: Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Davitt,...
National or international item
12 September 1882
Charles Stewart Parnell
, Michael Davitt
, and John Dillon
transformed the Irish Land League
(now an illegal organization) into a new National League
intended to further Irish nationalist political agendas.
Morton, Grenfell. Home Rule and the Irish Question. Longman, 1980.
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