John F. Quinn, Ph.D., “The Rise and Fall of Charles Stewart Parnell, Ireland’s ‘Uncrowned King'”
John F. Quinn, Ph.D., “The Rise and Fall of Charles Stewart Parnell, Ireland’s ‘Uncrowned King'”
A wealthy Protestant landowner from County Wicklow, Charles Stewart Parnell was elected to the House of Commons in 1874 at the age of 29 and quickly rose to the leadership of the Irish Home Rule Party. Highly regarded in Ireland and America as well, Parnell became more influential than any Irish politician before him. In