National League (Ireland, 1882)
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The National League was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1882 by Charles Parnell as the successor to the Irish Land League. Whereas the Land League had agitated for land reform, the National League also campaigned for self-government, further enfranchisement and economic reforms.
The party was the main base of support for the Irish Parliamentary Party, and under Parnell's leadership, it grew quickly to over 1,000 branches throughout the island. In 1884, the League secured the support of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.
The majority of the League split in 1891 to form the Irish National Federation (INF), in opposition to Parnell's relationship with Kitty O'Shea. John Redmond assumed the leadership of the remains of the group, which merged with the INF in 1900 to form the United Irish League.
References
- The Penguin Dictionary of British History, Ed. Juliet Gardiner
| Defunct Political Parties in Ireland | |
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| To 1918: | All-for-Ireland League > Catholic Union | Home Government Association | Home Rule League | Independent Irish Party | Irish Conservative Party | Irish Liberal Party | Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society | Irish National Federation | Irish Parliamentary Party | Irish Unionist Party | National Association | National League | United Irish League |
| Post 1918: | Anti-Partition of Ireland League > Aontacht Éireann | Clann na Poblachta | Clann na Talmhan | Córas na Poblachta | Cumann na nGaedhael | Cumann na Poblachta | Democratic Left | Democratic Socialist Party | Irish Independence Party | National Labour | National League | National Progressive Democrats | Republican Congress | Saor Éire | Socialist Labour Party | Socialist Party of Ireland |
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