Page "Irish Parliamentary Party" Paragraph 21

The Conservatives and Liberal Unionists returned to power in the 1895 general election, remaining in office until 1905.

During those years Home Rule was not on their agenda.

Instead, with Arthur Balfour ’ s Constructive Unionism approach to settling the Irish Question they enacted many important reforms introduced by the Irish members, who, on the other hand, made no effort to settle their party differences.

This bred apathy amongst the Irish public towards politics, much needed financial contributions from America ebbing away.

In this period of political disarray and disunity of purpose young Irish nationalists turned instead to the country ’ s ’ new cultural and militant movements, enabling the Church to fill the political vacuum.