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Intriguing - and given the UK governments political ineptitude (mismanagement?) during and following the referendum, remarkably apposite today. The other fascinating fact about Parnell (apart from his affair with married woman Kitty OShea, which led to his downfall) was this: if the UK establishment had listened to him, Ireland might still be part of the United Kingdom today. There was nothing inevitable about Irish secession. It was the result of delay, political mismanagement and the advent of the First World War which killed the third Irish home rule bill passed by Westminster in 1912. That opened the way for the Easter Rising of 1916 by a small band of revolutionaries led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, who were unrepresentative of the Irish people as a whole. heraldscotland/comment/columnists/salmond-and-parnells-precedent.26133500
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 09:46:54 +0000

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