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Irish Parliamentary Party | |
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Founder | Isaac Butt |
Founded | 1874 |
Dissolved | 1922 |
Preceded by | Home Rule League |
Succeeded by | Nationalist Party |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre |
Colours | Green |
The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at Westminster within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland up until 1918. Its central objectives were legislative independence for Ireland and land reform. Its constitutional movement was instrumental in laying the groundwork for Irish self-government through three Irish Home Rule bills.