Chapter LVIII The Latest Development
Encumbered Estates Act—Tenant League of North and South—The “Brass Band”—A lull—The Phoenix organization—The Fenian “scare”—Rescue of Fenian prisoners at Manchester—The Clerkenwell explosion—The Irish Church Act—The Irish Land Act of 1870—Failure of Irish Education Act, and retirement of the Liberals—Mr. Butt and Mr. Parnell—The Land League established—Return of the Liberals to power—The Irish Land Act of 1881—Arrest and release of Land League Leaders—Murders in the Phoenix Park—James Carey— His death—The agrarian struggle—Home Rule—Its eventual destiny—The untravelled Future.