A new moderate Irish nationalist movement is…
1864 CE to 1875 CE
As the Irish Parliamentary Party it becomes a major factor in parliament under Charles Stewart Parnell.
Home Rule Bills introduced by Liberal Prime Minister Gladstone fail of passage, and split the Liberals.
A significant unionist minority (largely based in Ulster), opposes Home Rule, fearing that a Catholic-Nationalist parliament in Dublin will discriminate against them and will also hurt its industry.