Daily Irish Independent
TheDaily Irish Independentwas an Irish newspaper launched in the 1890s to promote the pro-Parnellitecause following the split in theIrish Parliamentary Party[1]over Parnell's continuing leadership. The party had split following the revelation that Parnell had been involved in a long-running relationship withKatharine O'Shea,the wife of a fellow MP, and was the father of most of her children.[2]
The leading Irish nationalist newspaper, theFreeman's Journal,sided with the majority anti-Parnellite side. TheDaily Irish Independentwas launched to promote the cause of the deposed IPP leader.
Post factions[edit]
In 1900, the IPP's factions made peace. Following a change of ownership toWilliam Martin Murphy,[3]and in the belief that the healing of wounds removed the need for pro- and anti-Parnellite papers, the paper was reinvented as theIrish Independent,[4]with Tim Harrington as editor. The new paper was launched on 2 January 1905.
References[edit]
- ^"Charles Parnell (1846 - 1891)".bbc.co.uk.Retrieved13 December2012.
- ^"Charles Stewart Parnell and Katherine O'Shea".steyningmuseum.org.Retrieved13 December2012.
- ^"Irish Independent and Sunday Independent".irishnewsarchive. Archived fromthe originalon 15 January 2013.Retrieved13 December2012.
- ^"independent".Irish Independent.Retrieved13 December2012.
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