The Nationalist Party, an Irish political party, existed under various forms from 1874 to 1978. 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Foundation

It was founded under Isaac Butt as the Home Rule League. After the death of Butt the party soon divided into radicals led by Charles Stewart Parnell and Whiggish members under William Shaw. Shaw became leader for a year 1879-1880, but was defeated by Parnell the next year. The Whiggish members all lost their seats in 1885. The party was reformed by Parnell as the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1882. Issac Butt (September 6, 1813 - May 5, 1879) was the founder and first leader of the Home Rule League, subsequently known as the Irish Parliamentary Party. ... The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a nineteenth and early twentieth century Irish political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland. ... Charles Stewart Parnell (June 27, 1846 – October 6, 1891) was an Irish political leader and one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and the United Kingdom; William Ewart Gladstone thought him the most remarkable person he had ever met. ... While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Britain, it is more accurate to describe them as loose political groupings or tendencies. ... William Shaw was born in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Parnell Split

The party split in 1891 over the leadership of Parnell. He had been named by party member William O'Shea as the cause for his divorce with his wife Katherine. When the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone stated that he couldn't work with the party under the circumstances the majority of the party called for his resignation early in 1891. He died that year from pneumonia after fighting three tough by-elections, all of which he lost. This further split the party, with the Parnellite wing, led by John Redmond, blaming the Anti-Parnellites for his death. 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Katherine Parnell, variously known as Katie OShea or Kitty OShea (1845/1846–1921) was an English woman whose affair with Charles Stewart Parnell eventually caused his political downfall. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become... William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809–19 May 1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... John Redmond, MP John Edward Redmond (1856 – March 1918) was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. ...

The party remained split until 1900, when Redmond became leader, with John Dillon, then leader of the Anti-Parnellites, as his deputy. Throughout the period 1900-1910 Tim Healy, D.D. Sheehan and William O'Brien lead breakaway factions, but never achieved more than eight seats, and they usually sat and voted with the rest of the party, except in the case of the 1914 Home Rule Act where they abstained, denouncing it as a partition deal. 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... John Dillon (September 4, 1851 - August 4, 1927) was an Irish nationalist politician. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... -1... Timothy Michael Healy Timothy Michael Healy, KC (May 17, 1855–March 26, 1931) was one of the most brilliant and most controversial of Irish politicians, with a career that spanned the period from Charles Stewart Parnells leadership of the Irish Parliamentary Party in the 1880s to the foundation of... Daniel Desmond Sheehan, usually known as D.D. Sheehan (28 May 1873 – 28 November 1948) was an Irish journalist, labour leader, barrister, and author. ... William OBrien (2 October 1852–25 February 1928) was an Irish journalist, writer and politician, particularly associated with campaigns for land reform in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... The Partition of Ireland took place in May 1921. ...

It seemed that Irish Nationalists might achieve their aim of Home Rule in 1910 when the Liberal government of Herbert Henry Asquith depended on them to stay in power. In exchange for voting for the Parliament Act, they were promised an initial form of national self-government introduced as a third Home Rule Bill in 1912. Under the new provisions the House of Lords could only delay bills for two years, so they expected to have it enacted in 1914. However, militant unionist resistance in Ulster had risen in those years (see Ulster Volunteer Force), supported by Irish Protestant and British Conservative politicians, so that with the outbreak of the First World War, a provision was added to the final Third Home Rule Act 1914 that the bill would not be implemented until after the war, and until a temporary partition provision was made for the exclusion of some Ulster counties, as resulted in 1920 with the establishment of Northern Ireland. Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ... -1... The Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC (12 September 1852–15 February 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. ... The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament. ... There were three Home Rule bills introduced in the British Parliament, intended to give Ireland more autonomy; all three were sponsored by William Gladstone of the Liberal Party. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... In the context of Irish politics, Unionists are people in Northern Ireland, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union 1800, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, under which Northern Ireland, created in that latter Act, remains part of the United Kingdom of Great... Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: ) forms one of the four provinces of Ireland. ... The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... The Government of Ireland Act 1914, more generally known as the Third Home Rule Act (or Bill) or the (Irish) Home Rule Act 1914, was an Act of Parliament passed by the British House of Commons in May 1914 which granted Ireland national self-government within the United Kingdom of... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked 4th...

Eclipse by Sinn Féin

However, by the time the war had ended the party had lost support. With the Easter Rising of 1916, the failure to enact Home Rule immediately and the fear that conscription could be extended to Ireland, it lost support to the more radical Sinn Féin. In the general election of 1918 its seats fell from 73 to 6, Sinn Féin winning a majority of Irish seats, with 25 unopposed. Easter Proclamation, read by Pádraig Pearse outside the GPO at the start of the Easter Rising, 1916. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ... The Irish general election of 1918 was that part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election that took place in Ireland. ...

The party disappeared in much of Ireland after the Irish War of Independence, the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the subsequent Anglo-Irish Treaty and Irish Civil War. In the new Irish Free State, some of its members joined the Centre Party, founded by John Dillon's son, James, which amalgamtated with Cumann na nGaedheal to form Fine Gael in 1933. Combatants Irish Republican Army United Kingdom Strength 15,000 British Army c. ... An Act to Provide for the Better Government of Ireland, more usually the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 (this is its official short title; the formal citation is 10 & 11 Geo. ... Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty The Anglo-Irish Treaty, officially called the Articles of association between Ireland and the British Empire, was a treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom and representatives of the (extra-judicial) Irish Republic which concluded the Anglo-Irish War. ... Combatants Irish Republican Army (1922-1969) Irish Army of the Irish Free State Strength c. ... The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) (1922–1937) was the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties that were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and... The Centre Party was a political party in the Irish Free State in the early 1930s. ... James Dillon (26 September 1902 - 10 February 1986) was an Irish politician and leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965. ... Cumann na nGaedheal (League of the Gaels) was an Irish language name given to two Irish political parties. ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in Ireland. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Northern Ireland

It continued in Northern Ireland, but developed a reputation for being heavily disorganised and being little more than a collection of elected members with their own local machines. Many calls were made for the party to develop an overall organisation but it fell apart in the late 1960s. Earlier many members had formed the National Democrats after attempts at reform failed. The NDs merged into the Social Democratic and Labour Party at that party's foundation in 1970 and many remaining nationalists followed them. One of the Nationalist Party's last electoral contests was the 1973 election for the Assembly created as part of the Sunningdale Agreement the lack of success there meant that the writing was on the wall although a handful of councillors were elected to Omagh District Council and Derry City Council (then Londonderry CC) in 1973 and 1977. Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked 4th... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The National Democrats were a small party in Northern Ireland founded by members of the Nationalist Party who previously attempted to get the Nationalists to adopt a constituency based structure with a party conference and agreed party programme. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Sunningdale Agreement on December 9, 1973, was an attempt to end the Northern Ireland troubles by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists. ... Omagh District Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. ... Derry City Council (Londonderry County Borough Council until 1984) is a district council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ...

The Party in Britain

In addition a fragment of the party continued in Liverpool throughout the 1920s as T.P. O'Connor continued to be returned as MP for the Liverpool Scotland division, though in practice he was effectively an independent MP. When O'Connor died in 1929 no candidate stood in the ensuing by-election to succeed him in the Irish Nationalist interest. Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... The 1920s were a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Thomas Power OConnor (always known as T.P. OConnor or Tay Pay) (5 October 1848 - 18 November 1929) was a journalist and an Irish nationalist political figure. ... Liverpool Scotland was a constituency within the city of Liverpool in England, centred around Scotland Road. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A by-election was held in the Scotland division of Liverpool in 1929. ...

End

In 1978 the party merged with Unity (Northern Ireland) to form the Irish Independence Party which also included non-aligned republicans but it too soon faded from view. Unity was the political label for a series of electoral pacts by Irish nationalst candidates in Northern Ireland elections in the 1960s and 1970s. ... The Irish Independence Party was a nationalist political party in Northern Ireland, founded in 1977 by Frank McManus (former Unity MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone between 1970 and 1974) and Fergus McAteer (son of Eddie McAteer, who had been leader of the Nationalist Party between 1953 and 1959). ... Irish Republicanism is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a united independent republic. ...

Leaders

• Isaac Butt 1874-1879
• William Shaw 1879-1880
• Charles Stewart Parnell 1880-1891
• Justin McCarthy 1891-1892
• John Dillon 1892-1900
• John Redmond 1900-1918
• Joe Devlin 1918-1934
• T.J. Campbell 1934-1946
• James McSparran 1946-1953
• Eddie McAteer 1953-1959
• Cahir Healy 1959-1965