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John Redmond’s Last Years

CHAPTER VIII
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The grave has closed over him, and the rest is for us to do, that a coping-stone may be set on his life's labours, and that reparation final and conclusive, for what he suffered undeservedly, may yet be offered to the dead.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 10: When ultimately we did meet, these were the elements which assembled.] [Footnote 11: His notes here are only references to quotations.

I supplement on this page by my own notes .-- S.G.] [Footnote 12: He was knighted for his work in connection with the war.] [Footnote 13: These are my notes, jotted as he spoke .-- S.G.] [Footnote 14: Subject to the publication of a Report signed by Bishop O'Donnell, and these in agreement with him reaffirmed their view.] [Footnote 15: The following, though unavoidably absent at the critical moment, joined with us: M.K.Barry, Cork County Council; J.Butler, Kilkenny County Council; Patrick Dempsey, Belfast; M.Governey, Carlow Urban Council; M.J.Minch, Kildare County Council.] INDEX Agar-Robartes, Mr., 68-69 Ancient Order of Hibernians, 259 Army-- Irish Brigades raised for the War-- Sixteenth Division, staffing of, 174, 187-188; development of opinions in, 188; 10th Division made up from, 194-195; proceeds to France, 200-201; in action, 230, 241; Messines, 264-265; Ypres, 306 Tenth Division, 195 Tyneside Battalions, 190 Ulster Division, 201; on the Somme, 240; Messines, 264-265; Ypres, 306 Irish Nationalist attitude to, 140-141 Irish recruiting-- Redmond's efforts, 154-155, 158, 176-179, 185, 191-192, 199, 202, 207, 211; efforts handicapped by Government, 163, 175-6, 177, 190-191, 206; letter to Birrell, 160; Sinn Fein propaganda against, 219 Irish Regulars' achievements, 150; in Gallipoli, 195 ff.
Ulster sympathies of, 83, 99, 104 ff.; the Curragh incident, 105-109 Ashe, Thomas, 300-2 Asquith, H.H., struggle of, with House of Lords, 43-46, 50; on indivisibility of Ireland, 69, 72; Ladybank speech, (Oct., 1913), 85 War Minister, 109 response to Redmond's National Defence offer, 138, 143 on Ulster preparations for resisting Home Rule, 148 fails Redmond, 153, 167 recruiting speech in Dublin, 155-157 the Coalition, 192 Redmond's letter to, against conscription, 208-209 the Rebellion, 226 reports on his visit to Ireland, 232 breaks faith with Redmond, 239-240 displaced, 244 estimate of, 87, 93 mentioned, 30, 34, 41, 73, 138, 139 Aughavanagh, 37-39, 267 Balfour, A.J., 55-56 Balfour, G., 23 Barrie, Mr., 271, 304, 308, 321 Beatty, Admiral, 158 Bernard, Dr., Abp.

of Dublin, 272, 310, 318 three points of, 291 ff.
Biggar, Joseph, 6 Birrell, A., Redmond's letter to, on the Volunteers, 160 on Kitchener's attitude to Irish National Volunteers, 162 _Appreciation_ of Redmond quoted, 162, 184 the Rebellion, 219-220 mentioned, 31, 69, 139, 198 Blake, E., 24 Brade, Sir R., 203 Budget of 1909-10, 42, 47 Butler, Sir W., 5 Butt, Isaac, 6 Campbell, Sir James, 219 Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., 34, 337 Carson, Sir E., the Covenant demonstrations, 72; moves exclusion of Ulster, 75; on Ulster and the Army, 105; on possibility of persuading Ulster, 114; the Speaker's Conference, 121; attitude to Home Rule enactment, 148-149; joins the Coalition, 192-193; interpretation of exclusion proposals, 234; refuses joint platform at Newry, 200; kills Volunteer Bill, 208; on conscription for Ireland, 210, 211; final victory against Redmond, 240; temperamental attitude to Home Rule, 96-97; quoted, 67, 71, 80-81, 83, 100; appeal on Ulster's claim, 97-98; mentioned, 89, 229, 260, 263 Casement, Sir Roger, 116, 221, 223; quoted, 115, 118 Castletown, Lord, 24 Cecil, Lord Hugh, 50 Cecil, Lord Robert, 115 Chamberlain, Austen, 102 Churchill, Winston, Belfast speech of (1912), 62, 67; devolution proposal, 71; Bradford speech (1914), 103-104; the Larne gun-running, 113; mentioned, 77, 84 Citizen Army, the, 180, 183; the Rebellion, 218 Clark, Sir George, 271-272 Clarke, -- --, execution of, 224 Clancy, J.J., 269, 318, 332 Coalition formed, 192-193 Coercion, 8-9, 16, 82 Colthurst, Capt., 228, 231 Commons, House of, Parnell's obstruction in, 6 ff.; payment of members, 52; scene after passing Home Rule Bill, 152; disgust of, at Redmond's defeat, 240; Redmond's estimate of, 12; his familiarity with, 111 Congested Districts Board, 28 Connolly, James, 183; the Rebellion, 218, 224 Conscription, Redmond's opposition to, 208 ff., 242, 247-248; application of, to Ireland, 334 Convention, _see_ Irish Convention Craig, Capt., 51, 70, 105; quoted, 95 Crooks, Will, 152 Crozier, Dr., Abp.

of Armagh, 198, 272, 279, 300, 302, 310, 330 Curragh incident, 105-109 Curzon, Col., 187 Dalton, Miss (Mrs.John Redmond), 14, 20 Davitt, Michael, 8, 19 Davitt (young), 116 de Robeck, Admiral, despatch of, 195-196 de Valera, E., 268, 269 Desart, Lord, 273, 318 Devlin, J., in Redmond's "inner cabinet," 25, 36; his supporters' disappointment on compromise, 109; recruiting successes of, 177, 179; indispensable in Ireland, 183; carries Belfast Convention for exclusion proposals, 235; on the Irish Convention, 269, 304, 310, 322; estimate of, 21; Redmond's estimate of, 235; mentioned, 48, 84, 155, 263 Devolution, 28, 71 Dillon, John, relations with Redmond, 25, 36; on coercion, 82; an Irish Volunteer movement, 115; speech on suppression of the Rebellion, 231; declines to serve on the Irish Convention, 269; mentioned, 16, 100, 109, 121, 129, 155 Doran, Capt., 274-275 Doyle, Sir A.Conan, cited, 131-132 Dublin strike (1913), 90, 273 Duke, Sir.

H.E., 240, 275 Dunraven, Lord, 27, 28, 77; on the Convention, 273, 282, 317-318, 330 Ewart, Sir S., 108 Field, William, 24 Financial Relations Commission, 24, 75 Fingall, Lord, 174 Forster, W.E., 79 Franchise Bill (1917), 302, 304-305, 311 French, Sir John, 107, 108 Friend, General, 198 Gallipoli, Irish troops in, 195 ff.
General Elections-- 1906, 43 1910 (Jan.), 43-44 1910 (Dec.), 49 1918, 231 George V, King, 121 George, D.Lloyd, non-Irish preoccupations of, 41-42; Conciliation mission after the Rebellion, 232; agreement with the Irish, 234; agreement thrown over, 239; Redmond's hopes from, as Premier, 244-245; on Irish distrust, 246; supports the "two nations" theory, 255; the Convention, 260; letter to Plunkett, 324; conference with Convention representatives, 325; proposals to the Convention, 326 ff.; quoted on Ulster, 73 Gladstone, W.E., 11, 17, 42, 130, 317; breach with Parnell, 18-19; retirement, 23 Gladstone, W.G.C., 66 Gough, Gen., quoted, 105 ff.
Government, delays of, 185, 236-237, 244, 247; general attitude to Redmond, _see under_ Redmond Granard, Lord, 273, 282 Grey, Earl, 78 Grey, Lord (Sir Edward), Ulster proposals of, 85, 86; speech on outbreak of War, 128-130; quoted, 66; mentioned, 30, 108 Harbison, Mr., 270 Harty, Abp.


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