John Redmond and Irish Unity, 1912-1918

Download or read book John Redmond and Irish Unity, 1912-1918 written by Joseph P. Finnan and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his treatment of Redmond, Joseph P. Finnan demonstrates the multiple identities of the Irish Parliamentary Party as nationalist, liberal, and Catholic. He looks at Home Rule as part of a federal solution to the Irish question within the United Kingdom, the reasons for the failure of Redmond's war policies, and the collapse of the Irish Parliamentary Party as part of the wider phenomenon of the decline of liberalism during the Great War. As he looks at Irish nationalism in its worldwide context, Finnan also shows how Redmond's handling of organizational problems in America sets the pattern for his later handling of similar problems in Ireland.