Redmond Features

Redmond’s place in our national story is as important as any

There is no statue of John Redmond in our capital city. There is no street named after him either. His...

John Redmond dies of heart failure

Wexford, 12 March 1918 - John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, died on 6 March. Mr Redmond, who had been unwell...

Redmond: Ireland more inflamed than at any time since 1916 Rising

Westminster - 23 October 1917 - Speaking to a packed House of Commons today, Mr John Redmond, the leader of the Irish...

Redmond: a life in pictures

Head and shoulder portrait of John Redmond included in the newspaper United Ireland, 19 December 1891 Redmond fishing on a riverbank ...

Major Willie Redmond killed in action

Flanders, 12 June 1917 - Major Willie Redmond has been killed while fighting in the Great War in Flanders. Major Redmond, MP...

John Redmond congratulates Russians on their revolution

Dublin, 3 April 1917 - John Redmond’s message of congratulations to the Russian people on their revolution has brought a...

Irish Party stage dramatic walkout of Parliament

Westminster, 8 March 1917 - The Irish Parliamentary Party today walked out of the House of Commons in London in the course...

Blistering attack on Irish Parliamentary Party

Dublin, 20 February 1917 - The Irish Independent has launched a blistering attack on the Irish Party in a significant change...

Death of John Redmond's daughter

New York, 18 January 1917 - John Redmond’s eldest daughter, Esther, has died. The loss of his beloved daughter has...

Government policy in Ireland is ‘intolerable, ridiculous and shameful’

Sligo, 30 October 1916 - John Redmond has repeated his plea for the immediate establishment of a Home Rule parliament in Dublin...

John Redmond condemns British government’s ‘panicky violence’ in Ireland

Westminster, 18 October 1916 - The leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party John Redmond has condemned the manner in which the British...

John Redmond: Home Rule is safe if Ireland is sane

Waterford, 6 October 1916 - ‘Home Rule is safe if Ireland is sane’, John Redmond said in Waterford today. It...

John Redmond to resign as leader?

Dublin, 22 June 1916 - Speculation is mounting in London and Dublin that John Redmond will resign as leader of the Irish...

Redmond: Do your duty and enlist in the British army

Westminster, 19 February 1916 - John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, has renewed his calls for Irishmen to join...

Redmond calls for inquiry into failed Gallipoli campaign

Westminster, 15 January 1915 - John Redmond has demanded an investigation into the failed military campaign at Gallipoli. In particular, Mr. Redmond...

Carson, Redmond, the Coalition and the War, 1915

When Unionist leader Edward Carson rose to speak to a packed House of Commons on 2 November 1915 he was breaking an...

John Redmond visits the Western Front

Paris, 1 December 1915 - John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, visited the Western Front this week. Among the places...

John Redmond visits munitions factory in Wicklow

Arklow, 1 September 1915 - The leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party John Redmond visited a munitions factory in Arklow, Co....

Redmond says 'No' to conscription for Ireland

London, 9 June 1915 - Rumours that compulsory military service is to be introduced across the United Kingdom were considered at length...

Redmond declines position in new British cabinet

Westminster, 25 May 1915 - The leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, John Redmond, has declined to accept a role in the...

200,000 people cheer on Redmond's Volunteers in Dublin

Dublin, 4 April 1915 - A hugely successful and well attended review and parade organised by the National Volunteers took place...

Redmond appeals to Irish catholics to come to the aid of Belgium

Limerick, 21 December 1914 - John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, has appealed to catholic Irishmen to come to...

140,000 Irishmen now serving in the Great War claims Redmond

Tuam, 7 December 1914 - Claims that Irish nationalists have shirked their responsibilities to the British Empire by failing to enlist in...

Irish Volunteers split over Redmond’s recruitment plea

Tensions within the Irish Volunteers have flared into open view with the announcement that all John Redmond’s nominees...

Redmond urges Irish Volunteers to join the British Army

Woodenbridge, 21 September 1914 - John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, has called on members of the Irish Volunteers...

'…in comradeship with our brethren in the North, we will ourselves defend'

By Ed Mulhall On the afternoon of Monday, August 3rd 1914, Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...

Sinn Féin oppose John Redmond’s attempt to control Volunteers

Sinn Féin have strongly opposed the proposals of John Redmond to reform the leadership of the Irish Volunteers...

Redmond proclaims the death of the Act of Union

London, 26 May 1914 - John Redmond has declared that the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland is now dead. ...

John Redmond presents shamrock to American president

American President Woodrow Wilson is spending St. Patrick’s Day with a sprig of shamrock in the buttonhole of...

John Redmond calls to Downing Street

John Redmond spent more than an hour yesterday in a meeting with the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith and the Chief...

Redmond: ‘Talk of civil war absurd’

‘You are on the eve of a great change in the public life of Ireland,’ John Redmond MP...

Redmond pleads with Nationalist MPs to attend House of Commons

John Redmond has made an impassioned plea to his fellow nationalist MPs to continue to attend Westminster as the current...

Geraldine Manning Charged Over Attack on Redmond Bust

Dublin, 7 May 1913 - The suffragette who attacked a bust of John Redmond MP, and daubed it with paint, has been...

John Redmond Bust Attacked

Dublin, 6 May 1913 - A plaster bust of John Redmond MP, which was on show at the Royal Hibernian Academy, has...

Suffragette convicted of defacing sculpture of John Redmond

Dublin, 8 May 1913 - An Irish suffragette, Geraldine Manning, told a court in Dublin today that she would not pay the 25...

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