SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Irish National Land League, Irish Question, Gerrymandering
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Emigration(mainly to gb and us: long distance nationalism. Home rule: return ireland"s parliament, let irish govern their own parliament, irish question pushed onto the agenda. Economic issues(19th century: competition from us causes agricultural prices to fal rapidly in late 1800s, hits ireland especially hard, absentee landlords begin to evict irish tenant farmers who cannot pay their rent. The land league: started by michael davitt. Hiring local people, therefore giving them a wage. In 1880, with charles parnell, becomes official politically party. 1885 elections, land league wins 85 of ireland"s 103 seats in house of. Bring forward a bill calling for home rule. Society of united irishment a century earlier: 1905: he establishes sinn fein ourselves alone as a political party. Protestants respond: 1902: independent orange order founded, 1905: ulster unionist party founded, 1913: ulster volunteer force(paramilitary orrganization to protect protestant interests)
