On 8 April 1886, Prime Minister William Gladstone introduced ‘A Bill to amend the provision for the future Government of Ireland’—the first Home Rule Bill. The measure proposed neither repealing the Union nor independence for Ireland; rather, it sought to reconcile a demand for devolved government in Dublin with the continuing supremacy of the Imperial …
Home Rule I: The Government of Ireland Bill, 1886
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