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              Parnell and his Political Legacy
         Presented by: 
Felix M Larkin                                 
In 1875, just over 150 years ago, Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), was elected as MP for Meath, The landlord from Avondale, in Wicklow, was to serve as MP and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Westminster until his death in 1891 - a tempestuous period during which post-famine Ireland was racked by struggles for Land Reform and Home Rule. Parnell. A key figure in the Irish Land League and leader of the Home Rule campaign, Parnell used his parliamentary skills expertly to advance Irish  interests in Westminster and gained immense popularity but was brought down by the scandal of his affair with a wife of a parliamentary colleague, Katherine O’Shea, and the opposition of the clergy who had backed him earlier.
Felix M Larkin, from Dublin, is a retired public servant and historian with a particular expertise in the history of the press, especially of political cartoonists. He has published a number of books and articles on modern Irish history in several journals and newspapers.

He is Chairman of the Parnell Trust and a Director of the Parnell Society.