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| 1858 |
| | | An Irish branch of the US Fenians is established as the Irish Republican Brotherhood | |
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| 1869 |
| | | British prime minister William Gladstone introduces a bill to disestablish the Anglican church in Ireland | |
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| 1870 |
| | | Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, founds the Home Rule association | |
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| 1875 |
| | | Charles Stewart Parnell takes his seat in the House of Commons at Westminster and immediately adds zest to the campaign for Home Rule | |
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| 1879 |
| | | The ancient Irish game of hurling is formalized by the newly founded Irish Hurling Union | |
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| 1882 |
| | | Irish chief secretary Lord Frederick Cavendish and a colleague are assassinated in Phoenix Park in Dublin | |
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| 1884 |
| | | The Gaelic Athletic Association is founded in Ireland to promote indigenous games such as hurling | |
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| 1886 |
| | | Gladstone's bill promising Home Rule for Ireland splits the Liberal party in Britain's House of Commons | |
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| 1886 |
| | | The split in the Liberal party over Home Rule results in a defeat for Gladstone and the return of Lord Salisbury as Britain's prime minister | |
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| 1886 |
| | | The Home Rule campaign for Ireland prompts a Scottish Home Rule Association to fight in a related cause | |
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