JOHN REDMOND
THE NATIONAL LEADER
DERMOT MELEADY
For Daragh and for Kate, Maeve, Conor and Jane
First published in 2013 by Merrion
an imprint of Irish Academic Press
8 Chapel Lane
Sallins
Co. Kildare
Ireland
© 2013 Dermot Meleady
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CONTENTS
4.‘You Take Too Gloomy a View’
5.‘I Stand Where Parnell Stood’
LIST OF PLATES
1(a)John and Amy Redmond with his son William Archer ‘Billie’ Redmond, circa 1903. Courtesy Redmond family private collection.
1(b)John and Amy Redmond with his younger daughter Johanna, circa 1911. Courtesy Redmond family private collection.
2‘The Half-Way Horse’: political cartoon (Punch, 3 October 1906). Reproduced with permission of Punch Limited, www.punch.co.uk
3(a)Aughavanagh Barracks, Co. Wicklow, in 1908. Courtesy Redmond family private collection.
3(b)Redmond at leisure with setter, gun and cigar at Aughavanagh. Courtesy National Library of Ireland.
4‘Redmond’s Concession’: political cartoon (Punch, 22 December 1909). Reproduced with permission of Punch Limited, www.punch.co.uk.
5‘The Irony of Circumstance’: political cartoon (Punch, 2 February 1910). Reproduced with permission of Punch Limited, www.punch.co.uk.
6(a)Redmond on horseback at Aughavanagh. Courtesy Redmond family private collection.
6(b)Redmond with Pat O’Brien MP at Aughavanagh. Courtesy National Library of Ireland.
7Redmond addresses the massive Home Rule rally from platform No. 1 at the Parnell monument, O’Connell Street, Dublin, 31 March 1912. Courtesy National Library of Ireland.
8‘Redmondus Rex’: political cartoon (Punch, 1 May 1912). Reproduced with permission of Punch Limited, www.punch.co.uk.
9‘Second Thoughts’: political cartoon (Punch, 8 October 1913). Reproduced with permission of Punch Limited, www.punch.co.uk.
10Johanna Redmond with twins Max and Rebbo at Prospect, Templeogue, Dublin, 1914. Courtesy Redmond family private collection.
11Redmond and Dillon leaving Buckingham Palace during the abortive Conference with the Ulster Unionist and British leaders, July 1914. Courtesy National Library of Ireland.
12(a)Redmond presents colours to Irish National Volunteers at Maryborough (Portlaoise), 16 August 1914. Courtesy National Library of Ireland.
12(b)British Army recruiting poster quoting Redmond speech 1915. Courtesy National Library of Ireland.
13‘The Golden Moment’: political cartoon (Punch, 24 May 1916). Reproduced with permission of Punch Limited, www.punch.co.uk
14(a)At Aughavanagh circa 1915 (from left): William Archer (‘Billie’) Redmond MP, unidentified woman, John and Amy Redmond, Pat O’Brien MP. Courtesy Redmond family private collection.
14(b)John Redmond: studio portrait 1918. Courtesy Redmond family private collection.
15(a)T.P. O’Connor MP. Courtesy National Library of Ireland.
15(b)Joe Devlin MP.