Charles Stewart Parnell and the printed word

For nearly a decade the United Ireland newspaper was a propaganda vehicle for Charles Stewart Parnell. JP O’Malley on a new history of the publication

The latter part of the 19th century was a tumultuous period in Irish history, mainly because of the Land War: an agricultural crisis filled with violence and civil unrest throughout the island. The most significant period was between 1879 and 1882.

During this time a long lasting radical agrarian-peasant-revolution seemed imminent.