Home Rule League

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The Home Rule League was a 19th-century Irish political party that campaigned for self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom, laying groundwork for later nationalist movements.

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Label Occurrences
Home Rule League canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish political party ⓘ
parliamentary party ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dissolved 1882 ⓘ
electoralActivity contested UK general elections in the 1870s ⓘ
foundedBy Isaac Butt ⓘ
foundedIn 1873 ⓘ
goal Home Rule for Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Ulster Covenant

self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasEffect laid groundwork for later Home Rule Bills ⓘ
strengthened Irish representation as a nationalist bloc at Westminster ⓘ
headquartersLocation Dublin ⓘ
historicalEra Victorian era ⓘ
ideology Irish nationalism ⓘ
constitutional nationalism ⓘ
inception 1873 ⓘ
influenced Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
later Irish nationalist movements ⓘ
keyIssue Irish land question ⓘ
greater legislative autonomy for Ireland ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mergedInto Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
movement Home Rule movement ⓘ
notableLeader Isaac Butt ⓘ
William Shaw ⓘ
notableMember Charles Stewart Parnell ⓘ
John O'Connor Power ⓘ
Joseph Biggar ⓘ
Justin McCarthy ⓘ
William O'Brien ⓘ
operatedIn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
opposedBy Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Unionists ⓘ
parliamentaryGroupIn Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
politicalProgram constitutional agitation for Irish self-government ⓘ
use of parliamentary obstruction as a tactic ⓘ
precededBy Home Government Association ⓘ
region Ireland ⓘ
religiousSupportBase predominantly Roman Catholic ⓘ
replacedBy Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
status defunct political party ⓘ
supportedBy Catholic middle class in Ireland ⓘ
Irish tenant farmers ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

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