Show LONG FIGHT FOR HOME RULE ireland has striven for over a cen tury for home rule measure london ireland has striven for home rule without a moments cessation ever since the irish parliament was abolished and the legislative union of great britain and ireland was as proclaimed on january 1 1801 in the bears that have passed ince that date the agitation has go gone u e on under various arious forms pacific and violent led by such patriots as daniel oconnell william smith obrien 0 brien charles stewart Pit pernell mell ODon odonovan mart rossa and 2111 michael chael davitt to mention only a few of tho the more prominent these were succeeded by the red monds and the Ife healas healys alys who are in th the e forefront of the movement today the present agitation has been mainly brought about by the practical certainty that premier irish home rule bill would become law without the consent of the house of lords sir edvard carson Is at the head of the agitation against home rule among the unionists of ulster lie ile and several other leading men mell took the initiative in organizing an army of ulster volunteers to resist the introduction of home rule for ireland in its entirety they insisted th abut ulster should be left out of its operation the chief point at issue in ireland la its the religious one out of a total population of about inanely are protestants of various ari most of these are found in the four ulster counties of londonderry antrim armagh and down abo th other five count counties les of ulster are predominantly catholic As a matter of fact ulster returns seventeen nationalists and only sixteen unionists to parliament there is considerable difference between the people of the eastern part of ulster and those of the rest of ireland many of the Ulster ites are descendants ants of or english settlers sent there by cromwell to foster the agriculture and industries of ireland after he had subdued the country others are descendants of scottish not all the protestants of f ireland are against home rule par nail himself was a protestant |