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Advance Praise
Epigraph
Portrait of A. J. Kettle
Foreword
Michael D. Higgins, Uachtarán na hÉireann
Acknowledgements
Preface
Declan Kettle
New Introduction
Niamh Reilly
Additional Biographical Note
Introduction [1958]
Laurence J. Kettle
Biographical Note [1958]
Chapter 1: 1836-1850 – Youth and Family Influences
Chapter 2: My Coming into Public Life and My Support for Isaac Butt
Chapter 3: The Coming of Parnell and the Mobilisation of Tenant Righters
Chapter 4: The 1880 Election – Parnell’s Election and My Defeat in County Cork
Chapter 5: My Solution to the Land Problem Presented to Parnell
Chapter 6: Post-Election Activities – The Origins of the No Rent Plan
Chapter 7: The Ladies’ Land League and My Imprisonment in Kilmainham Jail
Chapter 8: The Arrest of Parnell and the No Rent Manifesto
Chapter 9: My Personal Finances, the Phoenix Park Murders, and the Parnell Tribute
Chapter 10: The 1885 Election – The Transfer of Power from the Tory to the Liberal Party
Chapter 11: William O’Brien and the “Plan of Campaign”
Chapter 12: The Times Commission of 1889 and the Role of Davitt
Chapter 13: Parnell Divorce Court Proceedings
Chapter 14: I Join the Fight – 1891 Carlow By-election
Chapter 15: Parnell’s Death and the Fate of the Seceders
Chapter 16: United Irish League and Continuing Land Reform
Appendix: Irish Land War Legislation [1958]
Appendix: Illustrations [1958]
Character Biographies
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Contributors
Illustrations included in the 1958 edition.
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