The Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society was an Irish political movement based in Dublin which was linked to the Irish Conservatives, the main political party in Ireland until 1859. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlÉ™nd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Dublin (ˈdÊŒblɨn/ /ˈdÊŠblɨn or /ˈdÊŠbÉ™lɪn/, bË alʲə aËha klʲiÉ™h or cliÉ™(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. The Irish Conservative Party, often called the Irish Tories, was one of the dominant Irish political parties in Ireland in the 19th century
The Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society was formed in 1836 by the Reverend Charles Boyton and Isaac Butt and was based heavily on leadership from staff in Trinity College Dublin, and the Dublin University Magazine founded by Butt. Isaac Butt 6 September 1813 &ndash 5 May 1879) was an Irish Barrister, and the founder and first leader of a number of Irish nationalist Trinity College Dublin ( TCD; Irish Coláiste na TrÃonóide Baile Ãtha Cliath; Latin: Collegium Sacrosanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae
In a 1840 debate it famously voted to the Repeal political campaign of the leader of Irish nationalism, Daniel O'Connell, though for different reasons. The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell to campaign for a repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 between Daniel O'Connell ( 6 August 1775 &ndash 15 May 1847) ( Dónal Ó Conaill) known as The Liberator, or The Emancipator While O'Connell believed that repeal of the Act of Union would see the emergence of an Irish nationalist-dominated parliament, the IMCS members saw the return of the King, Lords and Commons of Ireland as offering the best way to ensure the power and influence of the ascendancy. The phrase Act of Union 1800 (or sometimes Act of Union 1801) (Acht an Aontais 1800 is used to describe two complementary Acts whose official United Kingdom titles are Butt was the main speaker in opposition to the motion.
MNCS founder Isaac Butt, along with other Tories in 1870 later founded the Home Government Association to campaign for Irish home rule. In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was The Home Government Association was a pressure group founded by Issac Butt in 1870 in support of Home rule for Ireland. Home rule refers to a demand that constituent parts of a state be given greater self-government within the greater administrative purview of the central government
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- W. J. McCormack, From Burke to Beckett : Ascendancy, Tradition and Betrayal in Literary History (Cork University Press, 1994/2004) ISBN 0-902561-94-4
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