Ireland Since Parnell

Ireland Since Parnell by D. D. Sheehan delivers a vivid, insider account of the political upheavals that reshaped Ireland after the fall of Charles Stewart Parnell. Drawing on Sheehan’s experience as a former MP and a product of nationalist Cork, the book traces leadership and leadership failures, the land question and land purchase, the rise of new movements including Sinn Féin, the emergence of labour as a political force, and the bitter divisions over Ulster and Home Rule. Rich in first‑hand observation, the narrative situates late 19th- and early 20th‑century events—the formation of the Irish Volunteers, the context of the Great War, the Easter Rising, and the Irish Convention—within the broader sweep of Irish political life. Part history, part political analysis, the work examines how personalities, policy, and popular movements combined to dismantle old parties and create new power dynamics. Sheehan’s tone is partisan yet probing, offering contemporary perspective on triumphs, treacheries, and attempts at reunion. Ideal for listeners of history and politics, students of modern Ireland, and anyone seeking a primary-source portrait of Irish nationalism’s turbulent transformation, this audiobook illuminates the forces that forged modern Ireland.