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"Words of a Dead Chief" is an important text from a critical period
in Irish nationalist politics. Published in 1892, shortly after
Charles Stewart Parnell's death, it is a collection of extracts
from his speeches, including all of the best-known ones. There is
an unmistakeable political even propagandist dimension to the
publication. It was written for a nationalist audience and
particularly for followers of Parnell. Wyse-Power explains in her
preface that the purpose of her 'humble memento' was to keep the
principles which Parnell enunciated before the minds of Irish
Nationalists 'for whom there should be a rule of political faith
and conduct'. She aimed to select such passages as were most
characteristic of Parnell, of most vital importance for
nationalists to study, remember and take for guidance. This edition
includes the original introduction by C. S. Parnell's sister Anna.
The book was an immediate bestseller. It was easily accessible to a
general audience and proved highly influential, but it went quickly
out of print.
This collection of essays commemorates the Parnells of Avondale and
simultaneously uses the theme of commemoration to provide an
insight into the shifting relationship between history and memory
in the case of Charles Stewart Parnell and his family. The essays
by two leading Irish historians have an elegiac tone. The authors
show an elegant and sympathetic appreciation of Parnell's career
and of how he has been viewed in Irish history since his death in
1891. Parnell's nationalism is explored and his political speeches,
the significance of his sojourn in Kilmainham, his American
connections, his funeral and the rise and decline of 'Ivy day' and
other commemorations after his death. The authors also look at the
careers of the Parnell women: his mother Delia and his sisters Anna
and Fanny who were both political activists and involved in the
Ladies' Land League; and his relationship with Katharine O'Shea,
later his wife. There is also an essay on his brother and
biographer, John Howard Parnell. The essays throw new light on the
Parnell family and their place in Irish history. They will be
valuable reading for students of nineteenth-century Ireland, the
Parnell family and the debate on 'commemoration history'.
This collection of essays commemorates the Parnells of Avondale and
simultaneously uses the theme of commemoration to provide an
insight into the shifting relationship between history and memory
in the case of Charles Stewart Parnell and his family. The essays
by two leading Irish historians have an elegiac tone. The authors
show an elegant and sympathetic appreciation of Parnell's career
and of how he has been viewed in Irish history since his death in
1891. Parnell's nationalism is explored and his political speeches,
the significance of his sojourn in Kilmainham, his American
connections, his funeral and the rise and decline of 'Ivy day' and
other commemorations after his death. The authors also look at the
careers of the Parnell women: his mother Delia and his sisters Anna
and Fanny who were both political activists and involved in the
Ladies' Land League; and his relationship with Katharine O'Shea,
later his wife. There is also an essay on his brother and
biographer, John Howard Parnell. The essays throw new light on the
Parnell family and their place in Irish history. They will be
valuable reading for students of nineteenth-century Ireland, the
Parnell family and the debate on 'commemoration history'.
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