Nationalists and Unionists 1800-1900

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  • Nationalists
    • O'Connell
      • Catholic Emancipation
        • Government
          • Weak government
            • King was opposed to Catholic Emancipation
            • Wellington and Peel Tory party in disarray and in no state to deal with a major crisis
        • Other Factors
          • Mass Support.
            • Catholic Association
              • 'Catholic Rent' 1 penny a month to join, £20,000 in the first 9 months 1924-1925
              • Support of the Church and clergy
            • Support in the Commons
          • Strong Leadership
            • Strong Rapport with supporters
            • Outstanding Public Speaker
      • Repeal Campaign
        • Government
          • Strong Government
            • Peel in a stronger position than he and Wellington were during the Emancipation Crisis.
              • Large majority in the house of Commons.
              • Conservative Party united against repeal
        • Other Factors
          • Mass Support Monster Meeting up to 1 million people
            • Difficulty gaining support from Catholic Middle Classes.
            • Repeal Rent similar to Catholic Rent and brought in ample funds.
          • Support of the Church Particularly Archbishop John McHale
            • Caused a spilt in the agreement between O'Connell and Young Ireland-they didn't want the church as involved as they were
          • Leadership
            • Irish electorate smaller than in 1829
            • Support not as united as it appeared
            • Split from Young Ireland
    • Young Ireland
      • Governmnet
        • Habeus Corpus, the Government had already arrested some its leaders, John Mitchel
        • Strong John Russel government
      • Other Factors
        • Smith O'Brien proved to be an ineffective leader of a disorganised rebellion.
        • No Support, in the middle of a famine 50-100 men
    • Grattan
      • Government.
        • Strong Government, headed by a King completely against Emancipation
        • Success in that he got the idea into government
          • Failure in that he never got Emancipation accepted
        • The dominant William Pitt was Prime Minister during the Act of Union, Believed the Union and Catholic Emancipation should go hand in hand and resigned in March 1801 when the King was totally opposed
        • Took the idea of Emancipation into the Government
      • Other Factors.
        • No mass support, however he never tried to gain any
    • Emmet
      • Other Factors
        • Weak leadership with poor planning
      • Government.
        • Strong Government, held everyone involved accountable, However Government was not to blame for it's failure
    • Parnell
      • Government
        • Gladstone Government, Strong Government however Parnell had Gladstones backing taking The home Rule Bill into the House of Commons.
        • Home Rule was never going to get through the House of Lords
      • Other Factors.
        • Mass Support
          • 17 May 1880 became leader of the IPP
          • President of the Land League
            • Three F's
            • Land War
        • Leadership
          • Imposed greater discipline and centralisation on the IPP
          • Parliamentary candidates were required to sign a pledge - Act and vote only with the IPP
        • The New Departure - all elements of Irish protest became unified in one national movement
        • Support of the Church, and chairman of the IPP, Archbishop Thomas Croke however they turned their back on him during the O'Shea divorce
      • Success in that it takes Home Rule to the Government however it fails to every pass
    • Fenians
      • Government
        • Strong government.
          • Well informed of Fenian plans, therefore well prepared
          • Group was infiltrated
      • Other Factors
        • No Catholic Support, threat of excommunication to all involved with the Fenians by Cardinal Paul Cullen.
        • Badly organised by Colonel Thomas Kelly, no weapons, no communication

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