Enigma

by Paul Bew

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  Avondale House, Co. Wicklow, birthplace of Charles Stewart Parnell. (© Photolibrary)

  This portrait catches the tone of Parnell’s early years in politics—the Irish symbols are combined with those of the American Republic rather as the ‘New Departure’ combined New York and Dublin politics. (Courtesy o
f Cowan's Auctions, Inc.)

  Parnell in practical scientific mode. John Howard Parnell considered this to be the finest portrait of his brother. (© Photolibrary)

  Edward Jenkins MP, a contemporary of Parnell in the House of Commons. (© National Portrait Gallery, London)

  Frank Hugh O’Donnell MP, a key ally of Parnell in the obstruction campaign.

  Another ardent ‘obstructionist’ ally of Parnell, J. G. Biggar. (© Mary Evans Picture Library)

  William O’Brien, Parnell activist and MP, author of Christmas on the Galtees: The Tale of an Irish Land Agent, a founding text of the Irish land war, first published in 1878 and republished most recently in 2010. (© Sean Sexton Collection/Corbis)

  Michael Davitt founded the Irish Land League in 1879 to gain agrarian support for Irish independence. (© Corbis)

  An unfamiliar clean-shaven Parnell on his visit to Glasgow in 1879. When Clarke Gable’s Hollywood clean-shaven portrayal of Parnell was shown in Dublin, it was dismissed by the local wags as a ‘bare-faced lie’, but in 1879, at least, Parnell did not wear a beard. (Courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow City Council)

  Englishwoman Katharine O’Shea, née Wood. While married to Captain W. H. O’Shea she had three children by Parnell. Her husband then divorced her and she married Parnell. (© Getty Images)

  Parnell’s ‘removal’ from the House of Commons on the debate over the coercion bill; he later admitted that this was a tactical error. (© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans)

  The only picture which Parnell stood for; the title, The Men Who Made Home Rule, is the one he selected. The scene is the old Irish House of Commons, and the men depicted are, reading from left to right: Standing: E. D. Gray MP, Alex Sullivan (Chicago), John Ferguson (Glasgow), Boyle O’Reilly (Boston), Patrick Egan, John Barry MP, John Redmond MP, C. S. Parnell MP, T. M. Healy MP, Michael Davitt, T. D. Sullivan MP, T. P. O’Connor MP, Thomas Brennan, Sir Thomas Esmonde MP, P. J. Sheridan, Timothy Harrington MP. Sitting: Justin McCarthy MP, John Dillon MP, Rev. Prof. J. A. Galbraith, Archbishop W. J. Walsh, Archbishop T. W. Croke, Thomas Sexton MP, J. G. Biggar MP, William O’Brien MP. (Courtesy of The Palace of Westminster Collection)