Charles Stewart Parnell, British And Irish History, Biographies

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Charles Stewart Parnell[pAr´nul, pArnel´] Pronunciation Key, 1846–91, Irish nationalist leader. Haughty and sensitive, Parnell was only a mediocre orator, but he possessed a marked personal fascination and was a shrewd political and parliamentary tactician. He succeeded in uniting the moderate and militant Irish nationalists in the drive for land reform and Home Rule and brought the Irish question to the forefront of British politics.