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John Edward Redmond (1 September 1856 – 6 March 1918) was an Irish nationalist politician, barrister, and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was best known as leader of the moderate Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) from 1900 until his death in 1918.
John Redmond was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (commonly called the Irish Nationalist Party, or the Nationalists) who devoted his life to achieving Home Rule for Ireland. After he was elected to the House of Commons for New Ross, Wexford (1881), Redmond set a record by taking his.
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John Redmond was a leading Irish nationalist politician who sought limited self-government by constitutional means. He failed to reconcile unionists and nationalists, and his support for the British war effort alienated many Irishmen during the Easter Rising.
On the night of May 18th, 1915, the Irish nationalist leader John Redmond was staying at the south Dublin home of his daughter Johanna and her husband Max Green, the chairman of the Irish...
Mar 1, 2018 · Raised in a Catholic minor gentry family in the south east of Co Wexford, Redmond inherited constitutional nationalism from his father, Ireland’s first Home Rule MP and co-founder of the Irish...
Mar 5, 2018 · John Redmond was the leader of the moderate Irish Parliamentary Party and the Irish Volunteer Force in 1914. He supported the war effort in exchange for Home Rule, but his hopes were dashed by the Easter Rebellion and the rise of Sinn Fein.
Listen to a panel discussion on the centenary of the death of John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Explore his role in Irish politics, his relationship with Sinn Féin, and his views on the Treaty settlement.
