LSource 1 Divorce case A petition for divorce has been filed by William Henry O’Shea, of 124 Victoria Street, Westminster, and Justice of the Peace in County Clare, against his wife – Mr Charles Stewart Parnell, MP, being the correspondent. The grounds alleged are the adultery of Mrs O’Shea during the period from April 1887 up to the date of the petition, at the undermentioned places – Eltham, 34 York Terrace, Regent’s Park, Brighton, and Aldington, Sussex. No damages are claimed. (Evening News and Post, 28 December 1889)
LSource 2 Views of Home Rule MPs
LSource 3 Choices for Home Rule MPS
1. Why, do you think, the petition for divorce (Source 1) caused problems for Parnell?
2. What reasons do the men in Source 2 give for favouring Parnell continuing as leader?
3. Who or what is being represented by the woman in Source 3? What symbol is used here?
4. What is the choice being made in Source 3?
5. Why do you think there is a difference between Source 2 and Source 3?