Home Government Association

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The Home Government Association was an early 19th-century Irish political organization that campaigned for domestic self-government and laid groundwork for the broader Irish Home Rule movement.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Home Government Association canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish political organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
areaServed Ireland ⓘ
basedOn principle of federalism within the United Kingdom ⓘ
coreDemand restoration of an Irish parliament in Dublin ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dissolved 1873 ⓘ
fieldOfWork Irish self-government ⓘ
constitutional reform ⓘ
foundedBy Isaac Butt ⓘ
goal Home Rule for Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Ulster Covenant

domestic self-government for Ireland ⓘ
establishment of an Irish legislature ⓘ
hasEffect consolidation of Irish nationalist MPs into a more coherent party ⓘ
hasPart local Home Rule clubs ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance laid groundwork for organized Irish Home Rule politics ⓘ
ideology Irish nationalism ⓘ
constitutional nationalism ⓘ
inception 1870 ⓘ
influenced Charles Stewart Parnell’s later Home Rule strategy ⓘ
inspired formation of the Home Rule League ⓘ
later Irish Parliamentary Party organization ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
location Dublin ⓘ
method constitutional agitation ⓘ
parliamentary reform ⓘ
movement Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ
notableMember A. M. Sullivan ⓘ
linked to: T. P. O'Connor

Isaac Butt ⓘ
John Martin ⓘ
Joseph Biggar ⓘ
opposedBy British Conservative Party ⓘ
British Liberal Party centralists ⓘ
opposedTo direct rule of Ireland from Westminster ⓘ
organizationalForm association ⓘ
politicalPosition moderate ⓘ
politicalScope constitutional, non-revolutionary nationalism ⓘ
politicalSystemContext United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
precededBy loose Irish nationalist parliamentary groupings ⓘ
replacedBy Home Rule League ⓘ
strategy seeking devolution within the United Kingdom ⓘ
supportedBy Irish landowners sympathetic to Home Rule ⓘ
Irish middle class ⓘ
Irish professional classes ⓘ
typeOfElectoralActivity candidate sponsorship in UK parliamentary elections ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Home Rule movement → hasPart → Home Government Association ⓘ
Home Rule League → precededBy → Home Government Association ⓘ
Isaac Butt → founded → Home Government Association ⓘ
Irish Parliamentary Party → predecessor → Home Government Association ⓘ