PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART

born June 27, 1846, Avondale, County Wicklow, Ire. died Oct. 6, 1891, Brighton, Sussex, Eng. Irish nationalist, member of the British Parliament (187591), and the leader of the struggle for Irish Home Rule in the late 19th century. In 188990 he was ruined by proof of his adultery with Katherine O'Shea, whom he subsequently married. Additional reading R. Barry O'Brien, The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell, 18461891, 2 vol. (1898, reprinted 1968), has not been superseded, although several lives of Parnell have been published since. R.F. Foster, Charles Stewart Parnell: The Man and His Family (1976), analyzes the influence of his family on his career. Conor Cruise O'Brien, Parnell and His Party, 188090 (1957, reissued 1968), studies Parnell's political leadership and the political machine that he controlled. F.S.L. Lyons, The Fall of Parnell, 189091 (1960), is an excellent detailed study of the divorce crisis and its sequel.