February 2, 1880 Mr. Parnell, on rising to speak, was received with applause. He said—Mr. Chairman and — Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, I have to thank you for the honour that you have conferred upon me in permitting me to address this august assembly upon the state of affairs in my unhappy country. The public opinion of the people of America will be of the … [Read more...] about Complete Speech of Charles Stewart Parnell, MP, to US Congress
Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnell and Kitty
A Love Story
"On June 25 I was awakened at daybreak by my lover's tapping at my door and calling to me: 'Get up, get up, it is time to be married!'"
Thus the Englishwoman whose love affair changed the course of Irish history was to recall the fateful morning when she married her man of destiny, not beneath the high eaves of a great cathedral but in a humble side-street registry-office in … [Read more...] about Parnell and Kitty
A Love Story