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This highly political map was published in Boston for an audience of Irish immigrants eager to learn all there was to know about efforts to pass the Home Rule Bill in Ireland. This Bill was intended to give Ireland its own parliament. Although the bill passed the British House of Commons in 1893, it was rejected by the House of Lords. The British Prime Minister W. E. Gladstone, who is pictured and quoted at the top of the map, resigned his post in protest. (A version of the Bill finally passed in 1914). The text of the Bill is given in full at the top of the map, and men who supported it are pictured in the margins. Robert Emmett, who led a revolt against the English in 1803, is quoted along with nationalist leader C. S. Parnell. At the bottom of the map is a detailed analysis of the General Election and the political leanings of the newly elected Irish Members of Parliament. At the upper right is an electoral analysis of the election.
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Document identity
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x633f895h
label
Home rule map of Ireland
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
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x633f895h
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Home rule map of Ireland
description
This highly political map was published in Boston for an audience of Irish immigrants eager to learn all there was to know about efforts to pass the Home Rule Bill in Ireland. This Bill was intended to give Ireland its own parliament. Although the bill passed the British House of Commons in 1893, it was rejected by the House of Lords. The British Prime Minister W. E. Gladstone, who is pictured and quoted at the top of the map, resigned his post in protest. (A version of the Bill finally passed in 1914). The text of the Bill is given in full at the top of the map, and men who supported it are pictured in the margins. Robert Emmett, who led a revolt against the English in 1803, is quoted along with nationalist leader C. S. Parnell. At the bottom of the map is a detailed analysis of the General Election and the political leanings of the newly elected Irish Members of Parliament. At the upper right is an electoral analysis of the election.
date
["1894"]
year
1894
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000039
creators
Ballance, Jas.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Home rule--Ireland
Ireland--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Ireland
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Ireland
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
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53
schema:longitude
-8
extent
1 map : col. ; 79 x 72 cm.
notes
Includes summary of the New Irish Home Rule Bill, description of natural and geographical features, illustrated portraits and a description of the general election of 1892.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004.
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no
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x633f895h
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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