Redmond: The Parnellite

by Dermot Meleady

Overview

This book is an account of the life and early career of John Edward Redmond (1856-1918). Breaking off at the watershed year of 1900 when Redmond became chairman of the Irish Party, it is the first part of a projected two-volume biography of this important, controversial, yet neglected figure in the history of pre-independence Irish nationalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781859184233
Publisher:	Cork University Press
Publication date:	04/30/2008
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Dermot Meleady is a secondary school teacher in Finglas, Dublin.

Table of Contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1) The Tradition; 2) Beginnings and Bereavements; 3) Passion and Pragmatism; 4) The Mission; 5) At Parnell’s Command; 6) The Land and the Law; 7) The Rupture; 8) The Metamorphosis; 9) The Vacuum; 10) New Directions, Old Quarrels; 11) Commemoration and Conciliation; 12) Stumbling Towards Unity; 13) Epilogue; Notes and References; Bibliography; Index.