1880 United Kingdom general election in Ireland
The 1880 general election in Ireland marked the beginning both of the dominance of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Irish politics and of Charles Stewart Parnell's dominance within the Party.
Image: Disraeli
Image: Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Irish Parliamentary Party
The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at Westminster within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland up until 1918. Its central objectives were legislative independence for Ireland and land reform. Its constitutional movement was instrumental in laying the groundwork for Irish self-government through three Irish Home Rule bills.
Charles Stewart Parnell, the founder of the IPP
Image: Portrait of Isaac Butt
Image: Charles Stewart Parnell Brady Handy