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  John Redmond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Redmond, MP John Edward Redmond (1856 – March 1918) was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918.
John Redmond was born in County Wexford in Ireland in 1856.
John Redmond was succeeded in the leadership by John Dillon.
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 John Redmond - Politics.ie Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
John wanted to take his father's seat, but party leader, Charles Stewart Parnell, had already guaranteed that the next seat to become available would go to Timothy Michael Healy, who was in prison at the time.
Redmond's own brother Willie, also an MP, signed up for the army, despite being in his fifties, Willie Redmond was killed in action in 1917, his Westminster seat in CLare being won by Éamon de Valera in the subsequent by-election.
Redmond was succeeded as leader of the party by John Dillon, who himself lost his seat in the election.
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 Encyclopedia: John Redmond
John Gerard Bruton (born May 18, 1947) was the ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland.
John Redmond (1856 - 1918) was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918.
John Redmond, MP A devotee of Parnell, Redmond was passionately opposed to physical force nationalism, campaigning for Home Rule, a limited form of self government for Ireland within the United Kingdom.
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 John Redmond
John Redmond was born in Ballytrent, County Wexford in Ireland on 1st September, 1856.
The leader of this party in 1914 was John Redmond and when war broke out in August of that year he was to be influential in urging Irishmen to support the British war effort.
However, John Redmond was unhappy with the British War Office in their refusal to recognise his ideas of separate and distinct Irish regiments and the distinguishing insignia its members should wear.
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 authortrek - John Redmond in Irish Politics essay
Redmond, it is true, had little choice on the Budget, for with the House of Lords' reaction to it, there was created a constitutional crisis.
Redmond was not helped by the weakness of Asquith, who indulged greatly in his tendency of backing down before threats, although this is not to dismiss the fact that they were quite serious ones.
Redmond himself must have realised, during those last days of 1918, the truth of Dillon's epitaph to him: that he had faced a task "beyond human powers" (17).
www.authortrek.com /john_redmonds_career_in_irish_politics.html   (1510 words)

  
 John Redmond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Redmond, who had supported Parnell in the later stages of Parnell's political career, was appointed the leader of the Home Rule Party in 1900.
Redmond demonstrated his support of the cause by agreeing to suspend the whole issue of Home Rule until the war was over.
Despite this show of loyalty to the cause, Redmond feel out with the government over its refusal to allow Catholics and Protestant volunteers the right to wear insignia that reflected their background; Redmond asked for distinct badges and separate regiments but the War Office failed to give him support for this.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk /john_redmond.htm   (786 words)

  
 John Redmond - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
John Redmond, owner and editor of the "Burlington Republican," and one of the well known newspaper men of the state, was born in Coffey county, Dec. 1, 1873, the son of James and Sarah Jane (Geesey) Redmond.
John Redmond was educated in the public schools of Burlington and after graduating from the high school studied law for five years.
Redmond has always taken an interest in politics, is a Republican and served as secretary of the Republican central committee before he was old enough to vote.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/r3/redmond_john.html   (524 words)

  
 Arizona Rangers - Over 100 Years of Proud Service
John McKittrick Redmond is called the "Last of the Arizona Rangers" for the simple reason, that he was indeed the last ranger doing his duty while the 25th Territorial Legislature abruptly revoked the license of the ranger force on February 15, 1909.
John Redmond was born in New York state.
John Redmond's tour of duty with the Rangers lasted one year because the rangers were abolished in 1909.
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 The Project Gutenberg eBook of John Redmond's Last Years, by Stephen Gwynn.
Thus John Redmond came from an invading strain in which Norman and Celt were already blended; and he grew up in a country thickly settled with men whose ancestors came along with his from across the water.
Redmond, a born artist in words, possessing strongly the sense of form, was sensitive to beauty in all kinds—yet rather to the beauty that is symmetrical, graceful and well-planned.
Where Redmond and all of us were wrong was that we underestimated the possibility of accomplishing what Pearse ultimately accomplished, even when assisted by the widespread disillusionment and sense of betrayal which was the atmosphere of 1916.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/4/3/7/14374/14374-h/14374-h.htm   (20872 words)

  
 Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School
Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School was established in the spring of 1985.
Redmond students who participated were: Matthew Bowler, Joan Cabalquin, Gerald Fantone, and Krystal Ladesic and accompanied by Jenn Jennings, Child and Youth worker at the school.
John Redmond student receives award from U. of T. Gerald Fantone was the winner of an iPOD from the University of Toronto as a result of his participation in the Gifted Conference in February.
www.tcdsb.org /schools/fatherjohnredmond.asp   (840 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - John Edward Redmond (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
When the Liberals came to power in Britain in 1905, Redmond had no choice but to support them even though the policy they then advocated was one of "devolution" or merely administrative Home Rule for Ireland.
In the ensuing crisis caused by the militant opposition to the bill in Northern Ireland, Redmond reluctantly gave his support to the Irish Volunteer movement, a military organization raised to counter the threat of the newly formed Ulster Volunteers.
Redmond turned down a cabinet post in the coalition government of 1915.
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 Contemporary Review: Ireland's forgotten patriot - John Redmond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With emancipation in 1829, the Redmonds quickly asserted themselves in public affairs, and one, a great uncle of John Redmond, was soon elected to the House of Commons.
John was the elder of two sons to be educated by Jesuits at Clongoes College in County Kildare where he showed early that he would have a career in politics.
Redmond made a speech at Scarawala in his constituency referring to the hardships inflicted on a tenant farmer under the Coercion Act.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_n1542_v265/ai_15695151   (1516 words)

  
 James Connolly: Mr. John E. Redmond, M.P. (1911)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Redmond bewails the fact that lack of employment compels the Irish workers to emigrate at the rate of 30,000 per year, but opposed the attempt of the Labour party to compel the government to recognise its duty to provide work for them at home; Mr.
Redmond believes that all public servants and representatives should be paid for their services to the State from the funds of the state, but is opposed to payment of members being extended to Ireland; Mr.
Redmond’s heart bleeds for the poor of Ireland, but he would not vote for the Feeding of School Children’s Act to be applied to Ireland, and Mr.
www.marxists.org /archive/connolly/1911/03/redmond.htm   (1552 words)

  
 Politics.ie :: View topic - John Redmond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
You're right, John Redmond was not a unionist and the reason people say he was a unionist is because he didn't stoop to the physical force tradition of believing that Ireland's ambitions could only be achieved by force and violence.
John Redmond was not a unionist and the reason people say he was a unionist is because he didn't stoop to the physical force tradition of believing that Ireland's ambitions could only be achieved by force and violence.
Redmond believed that the Irish contingent would have a major effect in a UK parliament and now the situation is reversed.
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 John Redmond / Region 5 / Wildlife Areas / Locations / KDWP Info / KDWP - KDWP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Location: John Redmond Wildlife Area is located in Coffey County approximately 6 miles northwest of Burlington, KS.
The management objective for John Redmond Wildlife Area is to provide the public with a quality outdoor experience, managing the wildlife and wildlife habitat with an ecological based approach, while providing quality hunting, fishing and other outdoor opportunities.
Special Features: John Redmond Wildlife Area is bordered on the west by the Fish and Wildlife Services, Flinthills Wildlife Area, and on the southeast by Corps of Engineers property.
www.kdwp.state.ks.us /news/kdwp_info/locations/wildlife_areas/region_5/john_redmond   (308 words)

  
 John Redmond - Politician   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Eldest son of William Redmond, MP for Wexford; educated at Clongowes Wood College and Trinity College Dublin.
The opposition of the Ulster Unionists led by Carson took him by surprise, and the Irish Volunteers were formed and led by those who had no sympathy with his policy of constitutional reform by parliamentary methods.
Nevertheless he struggled on and in 1917 suggested that a convention of Irishmen be held in Dublin to draft a constitution for Ireland within the British empire.
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 John Redmond - I39 - Individual Information - - PhpGedView
Redmond is a name of Norman origin: the first in Ireland was Alexander Raymond, who was of the same stock as Raymond le Gros, one of the best known of the Anglo-Norman invaders.
Two were Wexford rebels in 1798: Rev. John Redmond and Michael Redmond; and they four Redmonds, notably Chevalier Gabriel Redmond (1713-1789), who served with distinction on the Continent with the Irish Brigade were all of Wexford families.
In the present century John Edward Redmond (1855-12918), a Co. Wexford landlord, was leader of the Irish Party in the British House of Commons up to its extinction on the rise of Sinn Fein, and his brother, William Redmond (1861-1917)_, killed in the first Great War, was also a leading member of that party.
www.maths.soton.ac.uk /staff/Renshaw/genealogy/familytree/individual.php?pid=I39&GEDCOM=renshaw_extended.ged   (637 words)

  
 John Redmond an interview with the Irish accordionist
Wexford-born button accordionist John Redmond talks to Helene Northway about his first CD, East To Northeast, and about not always taking the road most traveled.
His mother taught him the one piece she knew on the house accordion and his father bought him his own instrument, but it wasn't until his parish priest took John to train with accordionist Tom Dunne that he knew what was possible.
I had barely heard of The Bothy Band." In retrospect John realized that the music he was listening to, Echo and the Bunnymen, Queen, Brian Eno and Jethro Tull, had its own connections to traditional music.
www.rootsworld.com /interview/redmond.html   (1287 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement for the Reallocation ...
The purpose of the project is to assess potential significant environmental impacts associated with water storage reallocation and a higher conservation pool elevation at John Redmond Lake.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: John Redmond Dam was initially authorized as the Strawn Dam and Reservoir under the Flood Control Act of May 17, 1950, for flood control, water conservation, recreation, and water supply for communities along the Neosho River in southeastern Kansas.
Sediment in John Redmond Lake has been collecting mainly in the conservation pool, thereby reducing the conservation pool storage faster than was designed, while the flood control pool has not received as much sediment and has retained more storage than it was designed to retain.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/June/Day-28/i16378.htm   (797 words)

  
 REDMOND, JOHN EDWARD (1851- ) - Online Information article about REDMOND, JOHN EDWARD (1851- )
EDWARD (1851-), Irish politician, son of W. Redmond, M.P., was See also:
Parnell scandals, Redmond was the most eloquent member of the minority who continued to recognize his leadership, and in 1891 he became the accredited See also:
In 1900 the two Nationalist parties were amalgamated under his leadership.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /RAY_RHU/REDMOND_JOHN_EDWARD_1851_.html   (342 words)

  
 John Redmond Reservoir
John Redmond Reservoir is located in the broad Neosho River Valley.
Public Law 85-327, dated 15 February 1958, changed the project name from Strawn Dam to John Redmond Dam and Reservoir.
Hydrologic Data: The flood of record occurred in June and July 1951 with a peak discharge of 408,000 cfs and a volume of 2,030,000 acre- feet, which is equivalent to 12.62 inches of runoff from the drainage area above the dam site.
www.swt.usace.army.mil /projects/civil/civil_projects.cfm?number=18   (436 words)

  
 Redmond, John Edward on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
REDMOND, JOHN EDWARD [Redmond, John Edward] 1856-1918, Irish nationalist leader.
Waterford's crystal ball gazer Redmond O'Donoghue transformed Waterford, but Ireland's richest man now wants him to turn the cut- glass company into a global giant
Lunacy comes to life; Habeas Corpus The St John's Players, The Swan Theatre, Worcester.
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 John Redmond and Irish Unity, 1912-1918 - Joseph P. Finnan - Spring 2004 Catalog - Syracuse University Press Syracuse ...
John Redmond was one of the most influential leaders of Irish nationalism.
Redmond's trust in British politicians, especially his Liberal allies, led him and Ireland to the events that probably had the most impact on Irish history since the Great Famine of the 1840s-his active support for Great Britain in the first World War.
In his treatment of Redmond, Joseph P. Finnan demonstrates the multiple identities of the Irish Parliamentary Party as nationalist, liberal, and Catholic.
www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu /spring-2004-catalog/john-redmond.html   (336 words)

  
 John Walsh Relations - Person Page 90
John William Bennett was born on 7 May 1999 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Home Rule had been supported by Gladstone in the 1880’s and in 1893 the second Home Rule Bill had been passed by the House of Commons but rejected in the Tory dominated House of Lords where the Unionists of northern Ireland had a number of influential friends.
He married Sarah Mary Winnifred Redmond, daughter of John Edward Redmond and Margaret Noremac, on 21 June 1957 at Gympie, Queensland, Australia.
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 -- John Redmond Lake, Kansas - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review - John Redmond Lake Lake
John Redmond Lake, KS John Redmond Reservoir lies in a broad flat valley with margins of the gently rolling Flint Hills -- a bluestem grass region of natural scenic beauty.
The 59-mile shoreline around the 9,400-acre reservoir provides excellent camping areas and retreats for vacationists who like to get away from the beaten path.
John Redmond Reservoir has five recreation parks which provide camping and picnicking facilities.
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 The Seattle Times: Election 2003: John Resha - Redmond Pos. 3
Years of experience in Redmond, Puget Sound and Washington transportation and growth-management policy.
Redmond has not been hit as hard as other communities.
One specific area will be realignment of group processes for efficiency related to development and occupancy of our new municipal campus.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /politics/election2003/bios/bio-resha_john.html   (214 words)

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