Fr. Patrick Lavelle: A Radical Priest in Mayo - The Rise and Fall of an Irish Nationalist, 1825-86.
Author: MORAN, Gerard.
Dublin: Four Courts, 1994. x, 219 pages. Hardback.
PREFACE.
1. FROM MULLAGH TO MAYNOOTH.
2. THE IRISH COLLEGE, PARIS, 1854-58. Lavelle’s appointment to the Irish College, Paris. The approaching storm at the Irish College. Expulsion from France.
3. THE PROTESTANT CRUSADE IN PARTRY, 1858-61. Lavelle and the evangelical crusade in Partry. The evictions.
4. LAVELLE AND THE FENIAN MOVEMENT, 1861-5. The MacManus funeral. Conflict and confrontation.
5. LAVELLE AND THE FENIAN MOVEMENT, 1865-70. The road to rebellion. The drift towards constitutional nationalism.
6. LAVELLE AND PARTRY, 1861-9. Life in Partry after the evictions. Landlord-tenant relations in Partry. The land act of 1870.
7. THE POLITICAL SITUATION, 1870-86. The Home Rule movement. The 1874 general election. The political demise of Lavelle.
8. THE LAND QUESTION, 1870-86. Lavelle and Sir Arthur Guinness’s estate in Cong. Lavelle and the Land League.
NOTES.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
INDEX.
ISBN: 01851821732
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