Early Days (1862-72)
Chapter I Early Days (1862-72) In 1862 (when I was seven) my father left Bantry, Co. Cork, on being appointed Clerk of Union at Lismore, Co....
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Monaghan Election (1883)
Chapter XIV Monaghan Election (1883) A week after my release from prison in June, 1883, a vacancy occurred in the representation of Monaghan...
Devices of Parliamentarians (1883-4)
Chapter XV Devices of Parliamentarians (1883-4) In 1884, Gladstone's Bill to extend the franchise included Ireland, despite Forster's hostil...
Ireland and the Vatican (1885)
Chapter XVIII Ireland and the Vatican (1885) In October, 1885, I went to Kerry, as Lord Randolph Churchill asked, with William O'Brien. O'Br...
Captain O'Shea, Nationalist or Liberal (1886)
Chapter XIX Captain O'Shea, Nationalist or Liberal? (1886) The elections of November, 1885, swelled the Irish Party to 86. Irish voters in Br...
The Pigott Forgery (1887)
Chapter XXI The Pigott Forgery (1887) In October, 1886, United Ireland published an article styled "The Plan of Campaign," signed by Tim H...
Parnellism and Crime (1887-8)
Chapter XXII "Parnellism and Crime" (1887-8) By the time I was able to return to London the situation had been straightened out. Arthur Balf...
Parnell's Downfall (1890)
Chapter XXV Parnell's Downfall (1890) Before the debates began in Room 15 on Parnell's deposition I sketched to my wife in shorthand the situa...
Parnell Dies at Brighton (1891)
Chapter XXVIII Parnell dies at Brighton (1891) Parnell's campaign against the Party lasted ten months. His marriage repelled his followers, ...
The Party Split (1890-1)
Chapter XXVI The Party Split (1890-I) Parnell's behaviour as chairman in Room 15 in interrupting and making rulings in his own favour was ti...
Newspaper Rivalry (1891-2)
Chapter XXIX Newspaper Rivalry (1891-2) When proposals came from the Gray family (chief owners of the Freeman) for an amalgamation with th...
The House of Commons in 1874
Chapter III The House of Commons in 1874 At 19 years of age I saw the House of Commons for the first time, on the 30th June, 1874. I went to...
George Wyndham in Dublin Castle (1899-1903)
Chapter XXXV George Wyndham in Dublin Castle (1899-1903) In the summer of 1899 Arthur O'Connor, on the Terrace of the House of Commons, broug...
The Easter "Rising"
Chapter XLII The 1916 "Rising" On Easter Monday, 24th April, 1916, a bolt from the blue fell on Dublin. Pearse and Burgess (latter styled Caha...
Peace - but not for Ireland (1918-20)
Chapter XLIII Peace - but not for Ireland (1918-20) The Government proposals on Home Rule took the shape of nominating members of a "Conferenc...
A Sunburst and Clouds (1922)
Chapter XLVI A Sunburst and Clouds (1922) The outgoing British garrisons, embarrassed by this civil strife, unintentionally bred trouble for...
Butt's Decline and Death (1879)
Chapter V Butt's Decline and Death (1879) In April, 1878, Mitchell Henry, M.P. for Galway, a well-meaning Lancashire man (who spent a millio...
Parnell's American Mission (1880)
Chapter VI Parnell's American Mission (1880) Ireland simmered for weeks over the "papist rats" episode. Gray was a Protestant who had turned...
Gladstone's Land Act (1881)
Chapter IX Gladstone's Land Act (188I) On the 7th April, 1881, Gladstone introduced his Land Bill. Ireland was on the tenterhooks of expecta...
Contents of "Letters and Leaders of My Day" by T. M. Healy
Tim Healy had Pitman shorthand and so, I believe, did his brother, Maurice. They communicated, sometimes on a more than daily basis, but Tim pres...