Home Government Association
| Home Government Association Cumann an Rialtais Baile |
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|---|---|
| Founded | 1870 |
| Dissolved | 1873 |
| Succeeded by | Home Rule League |
| Ideology | Irish Home Rule Irish nationalism |
| Colours | Green |
| Politics of Ireland Political parties Elections |
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The Home Government Association was a pressure group launched by Isaac Butt in support of home rule for Ireland at a meeting in Bilton's Hotel, Dublin, on 19 May 1870.
The meeting was attended or supported by sixty-one people of different political and religious persuasions, including six Fenians, Butt seemingly having consulted with the Irish Republican Brotherhood before launching his initiative. [1]
Its inaugural public meeting was held on 1 September 1870. Active in campaigning in several election for the association was P. F. Johnson
It became the Home Rule League in 1873.
Notes
- ↑ Jackson, Alvin: Home Rule: An Irish History 1800—2000 pp.31-32, Phoenix Press (2003) ISBN 0-75381-767-5
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