A Punch cartoon of duel featuring (left) Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), an Irish nationalist politician who as a Member of Parliamentacted as Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 and then Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891. His party held the balance of power in the House of Commons during the Home Rule debates of 1885–1886. Right is Tim Healy, also an Irish nationalist politician, who initially a passionate supporter of Parnell, he became disenchanted with his leader after events surrounding Parnell's relationship with Katharine O'Shea.


A Punch cartoon of duel featuring (left) Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), an Irish nationalist politician who as a Member of Parliament acted as Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 and then Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891. His party held the balance of power in the House of Commons during the Home Rule debates of 1885–1886. Right is Tim Healy, also an Irish nationalist politician, who initially a passionate supporter of Parnell, he became disenchanted with his leader after events surrounding Parnell's relationship with Katharine O'Shea, with whom Parnell was secretly living. William Gladstone and Ireland look on bemused.


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Location: England
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