History: Extracted from 'THE UNITED IRISHMEN' - 'OUTLINE OF HISTORY'
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'THE UNITED IRISHMEN' - 'OUTLINE OF HISTORY'
CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF
IRISH HISTORY
FROM LEGENDARY DAYS TO THE EARLY PART OF THE
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Tabulated by Horace S. MEESE
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[p246] United Irishmen
Legislative independence won; Poyning's law repealed .......... 1782
Genevese refugees received in Ireland and
Asylum given them in Waterford ............................... 1783
Order of St. Patrick established .............................. 1783
Debates upon Regency question ............................... 1789
NOTED: SOCIETY OF UNITED IRISHMEN founded by Theobold Wolfe TONE ...... 1789
Reorganization of the Catholic Committee and secession from
that body of most of its peers and prelates. .................. 1791
Franchise restored to the Catholics, the Bar opened to them, etc.
(Far the greatest step toward Catholic emancipation ever made
at one time) ....................................................... 1792-3
First Orange Lodge formed ............................... Sept 21 1795
Remnant of French expedition without HOCHE, its commander
reaches Bantry Bay ............................................... Dec. 24 1796
Irish rebellion commenced ......................................May 23 1798
Battle of Vinegar Hill ......................................, June 21 1798
Landing of first English troops at Dublin ..................... June 22 1798
General HUMBERT lands with a small force at Killala ................... Aug 22 1798
The Union proposed ....................................... Jan 22 1799
Debate on the Union in English House of Commons; whole-
sale bribery defended as necessary to lead Irish members
into the line of duty ............................................... Feb, 7 1799
Parliament prorogued, Government having been
defeated by small majorities ............................... June 1 1799
House of Lords divides, 75 for and 26 against union ........... Feb 10 1800
House of Commons (60 new members since prorogation) divides
158 for and 115 against the Union .................................... Feb 15 1800
Commons sets Han 1, 1801 as the date for the
commencement of the Union ..................................... Mar 17 1800
EMMET Insurrection ....................................... July 23 1803
NOTED: For participants and other information see other
files previously uploaded ref. this 1803 event [Trans. note]
Robert EMMET executed at Dublin for high treason............... Sept 20 1803
Emancipation question comes up in Parliament .................. 1808
Great Repeal meeting in Dublin ............................... 1810
Emancipation measure lost ..................................... 1813
George IV in Ireland .......................................... 1821
Catholic Association formed ............................... 1823
Act passed down to the Catholic Association ........................... 1825
Emancipation granted ....................................... Apr 13 1829
Education Board formed ....................................... 1831
Coercion bill passed ....................................... 1833
Reform of the tithe laws, converting tithes into fixed
rent charge payable by landlords ..................................... 1839
Repeal Association formed by O'CONNELL ....................... 1840
Establishment of "The Nation" ............................... Oct 15 1842
repeal leaders imprisoned ..................................... Sep 7 1844
**** Potato crop fails in Ireland ............................... 1846
Death of O'CONNELL at Genoa, on his way to Rome, in
his 73d year; he bequeathed his heart to Rome ......................... May 15 1847
Habeas Corpus act suspended ............................... Jul 26 1848
O'BRIEN'S rebellion suppressed ............................... Jul 29 1848
**** Great emigration to America ............................... Spring 1860
Appearance pf the Fenians ............................... Jan 1864
Fenian's trial begun at Dublin, 27 Nov.; Thomas
Clarke LUBY sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude .................... Dec 1 1865
O'LEARY and others convicted Dec; O'Donovan
ROSSA sentenced to imprisonment for life ...................... Dec 13 1865
Habeas Corpus act suspended; many Fenians flee ....................... Feb 17 1866
Declaration of Catholic clergy professing
loyalty but claiming self-government for
Ireland ............................................... Dec 23 1867
Habeas Corpus act suspended till Mch. 1 ....................... 1869
(83 persons detained on suspicion) Feb 1868
Four nights debate on Ireland in Commons
ended (Gladstone declared for disestablishment
of Irish Protestant Church) ............................... Mch 19 1868
Irish reform bill introduced into Commons ..................... Mch 19 1868
Debate on committee on establishment (carried 328-
272)) 30 Mch to early morning of ...................................... Apr 4 1868
Mr. Gladstone's first resolution passed in
Commons (by 330-265) early on 1 May; second
and third resolutions ....................................... May 7 1868
Irish Church bill introduced in Commons, 1 Mch; after
much opposition passed ............................................... Jul 26 1869
Irish mixed schools denounced by Archbishop
CULLEN; support for a Catholic University
demanded in a circular dated ............................... Aug 18 1869
Irish Land act passed ....................................... Aug 16 1870
Mr. Gladstone brings into the Commons the Irish
University bill (rejected and withdrawn) ............................... Feb 13 1874
Motion for Home Rule defeated .................. Mar 20 and Jul 3 1874
Catholic Synod at Maynooth; mixed education censured ................... Sept 1875
Bill to abolish the Queen's university and to establish
a new university (for Roma Catholics) introduced by Lord
Chancellor CAIRNS, 30 June; carried in Commons (257-90)
25 July; passed ................................................ Aug 15 1879
Irish National Convention at Dublin
proposed by Mr. PARNELL (Home Rule) ........................ Sep 11 1879
Appeal for Irish National Land League by Mr. Parnell;
subscriptions to buy land for tenants ................................ Oct 9 1879
Mr. PARNELL arrives at New York to agitate for help to relieve
Ireland politically and pecuniarily ........................ Jan 2 1880
Charter for new Irish University signed
by Queen Victoria ....................................... Apr 19 1880
Relief for Irish distress brought in the
Constellation from U.S.; arrives at Cork ....................... Apr 20 1880
Mr. PARNELL proposes that tenant become
owner of land after paying 35 years' just rent ................. Sept 1880
PARNELL and others arrested for conspiracy
and intimidation to prevent tenants paying
rent, etc. (19 counts); notices served, et seq ................ 3 Nov 1880
Mr. BOYCOTT of Lough Mask farm, near
Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, boycotted ................................. Nov 11 1880
PARNELL and others tried for conspiracy (Trials) ........................ Dec 28 1880
Jury disagrees; discharged ...................................... Jan 22 1881
Report of agricultural commission (for Ireland)
issued; great distress, 1877-79; good harvest 1880;
recommends emigration in some districts ......................... Jan 1881
Bill for protection of life and property
brought in by Mr. FORSTER, 24 Jan; long
debates; much obstruction (parliament); passed
Commons (281-36), 25, 26 Feb.; passed Lords
1-3 Mch.; Royal assent ................................. Mch 3 1881
Many agitators arrested; 23 in Kilmainham jail ......................... Mch 10 1881
Peace Preservation bill (Arms Bill); introduced 1 Mch;
passed Commons 11, 12 Mch; passed Lords, 18 Mch; royal assen. .. Mch 21 1881
"Clan-na-Gael" secret society to replace Fenians said to be formed ...... Mar 1881
Irish Land bill introduced in the Commons by Mr. Gladstone ...... Apr 7 1881
Land bill in House second time, 2, 3, Aug; third time (with amendment)
8 Aug; Commons rejects some amendments, 12 Aug; Lords resist 13 Aug;
Commons modify amendments 15 Aug; Lords yield 16 Aug; royal assent ...... Aug 22 1881
Mr. PARNELL arrested for inciting to intimidation
and non-payment of rent; put into Kilmainham jail, Dublin ....... Oct 13 1881
Land League, denouncing government and ordering non-payment
of rent ......................................................... Oct 18 1881
Lord Lieutenant proclaims suppression of Land League as illegal
and criminal, 20 Oct.; leaders declare for passive resistance;
Archbishop McCABE'S pastoral against Land League manifesto read in
Roman Catholic Churches in Dublin ................................. Oct 30 1881
Home-rule meeting at Dublin ..................................... Nov 8 1881
Above 40,000 applicants to land courts ......................... Nov 12 1881
Committee to inquire into workings of Land act voted by Lords
(96-53 17 Feb) Earl CAIRNS, Chairman .................................... Feb 23 1882
Mr. Gladstone's resolution against the Lords
committee, 27 Feb; carried (303-235) .................. Mar 9 & 10 1882
Mr. FORSTER confesses failure of government policy through
influence of secret societies ......................................... Mar 27 1882
Mr. PARNELL released on parole for 10 days ...................... Apr 10 1882
New government policy; resignation of W. E FORSTER; release of
Mr. PARNELL and other suspects; Earl SPENCER, lord lieutenant
about 2 May 1882; release of Michael DAVITT ......................... May 5 1882
Earl SPENCER enters Dublin; Lord Frederick CAVENDISH,
new chief secretary, and T.T. BURKE, permanent under-secretary,
assassinated by stabbing by 4 men, about 7 P.M.
[p252] in Phoenix Park, Dublin, 6 May; manifesto expressing abhorrence
of the deed signed by C. S. PARNELL, J. DILLON and M. DAVITT .... May 7 1882
Government offers £10,000 reward for the
murderers; G.O. TREVELYAN appointed chief secretary ............. May 9 1882
Bill for prevention of crime in Ireland introduced by Sir W.V.
HARCOURT (new tribunal of 3 judges without jury for special occasions;
powers of police increased; Alien act revived; supervision of newspapers,
of assemblies, etc, 11 May 1882; second reading (383-45) ........ 19 & 20 May 1882
Arrears bill passed in Commons (285-177) 21 July; by Lords with
amendments (169-98) 31 July; which are modified or negatived by
the Commons, 8, 9 Aug; revision accepted by the Lords 10 Aug;
royal assent .................................................... Aug 18 1882
Expiration of Coercion act; suspects released ........................... Sep 30 1882
Nationalist conference at Dublin forms a new Irish National
League (ultra) for self-government and land-law reform .......... Oct 17 1992
Emigration from Ireland; 89,566 in .............................. 1883
Irish National League, first meeting ............................ Feb 7 1883
Phoenix Park murders: Robert FARRELL, James CAREY, and others, informers;
trial of Joseph BRADY, convicted, 11-13 Apr; Timothy KELLY, third trial,
7-9 May; Thomas CAFFREY pleads guilty, 2 May; Patrick DELANY and
[p253] Daniel CURLEY, 16-18 Apr; Michael FAGAN ................. 25 & 27 Apr 1883
Irish Convention at Philadelphia ........................ 25 & 27 Apr 1883
James CAREY, informer, shot dead by Patrick O'DONNELL, on board
the MELROSE CASTLE near Port Elizabeth, South Africa .................. 29 July 1883
Thirty-eight thousand pounds presented to Mr. PARNELL ("as a
national tribute" from the Irish people) at a banquet at the
Rotunda, Dublin ............................................... Dec 11 1883
PARNELLITE Land Law Amendment bill rejected by Commons (as tending to
confiscation) by 235-72 ............................................... Mch 5 1884
Wm, O'BRIEN arrested at Manchester ............................ Jan 29 1889
(Taken to Ireland and confined in Clonmel jail, 30 Jan;
refusing to wear the prison garb. is roughly treated)
GLADSTONE and PARNELL speak on the MORLEY amendment applied to the reply
to the Queen's speech (Amendment defeated) ............................. Mch 1 1889
PIGOTT, forger of PARNELL letter, commits suicide at Madrid .... Mch 1 1889
Sir Charles RUSSELL defends the PARNELLITES before the commission,
tracing the history of agriculture for home-rule ....................... Mch 18 1889
Freedom of Edinburgh conferred on PARNELL by a vote of 14-13 ... Apr 23 1889
Wm. O'BRIEN again arrested with John DILLON for advising tenants
not to pay rent ...................................................... Sep 17 1890
They escape, reach France, 10 Oct; sail for U.S. ....................... Oct 25 1890
John DILLON and O'BRIEN convicted and sentenced to 6 months jail ....... Nov 19 1890
PARNELL notifies his colleagues that he will not resign
leadership while supported by the Irish people ................. Nov 20 1890
PARNELL elected unanimously to the leadership of the Irish Nationalist
members of Parliament .................................................. Nov 25 1890
GLADSTONE denies the statement made concerning him
by Parnell ..................................................... Nov 29 1890
Justin McCARTHY and 44 others withdraw from the meeting of
Nationalist members of Parliament and organize as a separate body ..... Dec 6 1890
PARNELL leaves London for Ireland, 7 Dec; enthusiastically
received at Dublin 7 Dec; seizes the office of
"United Ireland" and ejects the acting editor .................. Dec 10 1890
Sir John Pope HENNESSY, the McCARTHY candidate, elected at the
Kilkenny elections by 1.171 votes over Vincent SCULLY, the Parnellite .. Dec 22 1890
DILLON and O'BRIEN land at Folkestone and deliver them-
selves up to the English police ................................ Feb 11 1891
They are taken to Ireland and placed in Clonmel jail ........... Feb 13 1891
National Federation Convention meets at Dublin, Justin McCARTHY
presiding .............................................................. Mch 10 1891
Wm. O'BRIEN and John DILLON released from jail ................. Jul 30 1891
PARNELL dies at his home at Brighton, England .......................... Oct 7 1891
PARNELL buried at Dublin ....................................... Oct 11 1891
REDMOND'S Home Rule amendment defeated in the House
of Commons, 179 to 158 ......................................... Feb 15 1892
Irish Local Government Bill introduced by A. J. BALFOUR in House
of Commons ............................................................. Feb 18 1892
Irish National Government Bill introduced by Chief
Secretary JACKSON in House of Commons ........................ Feb 22 1892
Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland denounce Irish Education Bill
in Lenten sermons ...................................................... Feb 29 1892
"Freeman's Journal" and "National Press" appear under
joint management ............................................. April 1 1892
Local Government Bill passed second Reading in House of
Commons 339 to 247 ............................................. May 24 1892
National Educational Bill passed second Reading in
House of Commons ............................................... May 30 1892
Ulster convention of Irish Protestants opened at Belfast ............... Jun 17 1892
Tercentenary of Trinity College, Dublin, opened ................ Jul 5 1892
GLADSTONE directed by Queen to form a new cabinet ...................... Aug 15 1892
GRIMES Act suspended throughout Ireland and proclamation
against "National League" revoked .............................. Sep 14 1892
Lord HOUGHTON, new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, officially entered
Dublin and Address of Welcome refused by the Dublin Corporation ........ Oct 3 1892
Evicted Tenants Commission met at Dublin ....................... Nov 7 1892
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Transcriber's Note: Preceding extraction covers Ireland from the years 1782 AD up to part
of 1792 AD - contained in p246 through p255 of the following source: When searching the site,
check Kildare Co. 'Local History' for Naas members of the Society (to be continued)
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Source: Madden, Richard Robert, "The United Irishmen Their Lives And Times". 1916.
New York: The Catholic Publication Society of America