LSource 2 Parnell on Home Rule We cannot ask for less than the restitution (restoration) of Grattan’s parliament (loud cheers) with its important privileges and wide and far-reaching constitution … But no man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation (great cheers). No man has the right to say to his country, ‘thus far shalt thou go and no further,’ and we have never attempted to fix the ne plus ultra (the highest point) to the progress of Ireland’s nationhood, and we never shall (cheers).
(Parnell speaking in Cork, 1. What is the message of the cartoon in Source 1?
2. What must Parnell decide, according to the cartoon?
3. What is Parnell asking for in Source 2?
4. What does he mean when he says ‘no man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation’?
5. Are both of these sources primary sources?
6. How useful are cartoons such as Source 1 as sources for historians?
7. How useful are newspapers such as Source 2 as sources for historians?
8. How reliable are both cartoons and newspapers as sources for historians? Explain your answers in each case.
Nationalist (or Home Rule) MPs elected in 1886
1. This map was published in Parnell: A Documentary History, by Noel Kissane. Is it a primary or a secondary source?
2. What does the source tell you about the success of the Home Rule Party (or Irish Party) in that election?
3. What area of the country had no Home Rule Party MPs elected? Can you explain why?
4. Where was Parnell elected as MP?
5. Who was elected for your area? Do you know anything about him?
6. Why are there no women featured in the map?
7. How useful is this method for showing who got elected in elections? Explain your answers in each case.
