In Ireland, ML
's acquaintances included the prominent nationalists William O'Brien
, John Dillon
, and Michael Davitt
.
Kahn, Helena Kelleher. Late Nineteenth-Century Ireland’s Political and Religious Controversies in the Fiction of May Laffan Hartley. ELT, 2005.
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politics
May Laffan
ML
became involved with various political scenes through her family members and friends. The Fitzgibbon half of her family were conservative Unionists, and she was influenced by her maternal great-uncle Gerald Fitzgibbon
's essay collection...
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1886: William O'Brien and John Dillon began an...
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1886
William O'Brien
and John Dillon
began an Irish movement called the Plan of Campaign, to support tenants in conflict with landlords and build up a defence fund.
Weaver, John Reginald Homer, editor. The Dictionary of National Biography, Fourth Supplement, 1922-1930. Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1937.