The Impact of British Politics on Irish Home Rule

Location

CSU 284 ABC

Start Date

26-4-2005 8:30 AM

End Date

26-4-2005 10:00 AM

Student's Major

History

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Larry Witherell

Mentor's Department

History

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

This paper examined the influence of Britain's political elite on the issue of Irish home rule from 1870 to 1886. In the early 1870s Irish political leaders, such as C.S. Pamell, began to set out a desire and argument for a form of local control known as "home rule." However, while the British political leadership remained opposed to any form of home rule, the general public had not yet formed an opinion. It was not until British politicians' manipulated public opinion to consider home rule as a threat to kingdom and empire that the public then began to express opposition to Pamell and his home rule campaign. Contrary to the traditional process of public opinion influencing the politicians and shaping public policy, this paper demonstrates how the politicians influenced and persuaded the public to oppose Irish home rule. Therefore British politicians used the product of their manipulation as justification to oppose home rule.

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The Impact of British Politics on Irish Home Rule

CSU 284 ABC

This paper examined the influence of Britain's political elite on the issue of Irish home rule from 1870 to 1886. In the early 1870s Irish political leaders, such as C.S. Pamell, began to set out a desire and argument for a form of local control known as "home rule." However, while the British political leadership remained opposed to any form of home rule, the general public had not yet formed an opinion. It was not until British politicians' manipulated public opinion to consider home rule as a threat to kingdom and empire that the public then began to express opposition to Pamell and his home rule campaign. Contrary to the traditional process of public opinion influencing the politicians and shaping public policy, this paper demonstrates how the politicians influenced and persuaded the public to oppose Irish home rule. Therefore British politicians used the product of their manipulation as justification to oppose home rule.