Divine Right?: The Parnell Split in Meath

by David Lawlor

This unique account of the dramatic events of the Parnell split in Meath challenges the accepted view that Irish priests could lead their people only in the political direction that they wished to go. Meath people were devoted to Charles Stewart Parnell, who had entered Westminster as their MP in 1875. The loyalty of many of them was unaffected by the divorce court revelation in 1890 of his adultery with Katharine O'Shea, which caused the split that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185918426X
• ISBN13: 9781859184264
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.5" x 6.5"