Fifty Points Against Partition

L. G. Redmond-Howard. Preface by William M. Murphy.

Fifty Points Against Partition

Dublin

Independent Newspaper Ltd.

July 24, 1917

This pamphlet advocated for an autonomous, but united, Ireland. The author was the nephew of John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, which pressed for acceptance of the terms of the Irish Home Rule bill passed by the British Parliament just prior to the outbreak of World War I. The bill preserved the unity of all the Irish counties but without full independence from Britain. The IPP had also supported Irishmen joining the British Army during the war. William M. Murphy, author of the preface and the owner of the Independent Newspaper chain in Ireland, immediately after the Easter Rising advocated for the execution of several of its leaders. This little pamphlet demonstrates the evolving and nuanced cross-currents within Irish politics during this period.