itish governments of an colour” (moody martin 261)was created by Charles Gavan Duffy. One of the most influential ideas of the youngIrelanders came from James Finton Lalor. He published many letters in the Nation andstressed that national independence could not be achieved without addressing the idea ofthe land situation at the same time. Lalor’s ideas were essential to nationalism in Irelandbecause they would help involve everyone in one single struggle. The young Irelandersfailed as a group to achieve any type of independence but their ideas would last forever. They believed that violence was necessary in order to achieve change, an idea that wasseen through the Fenian movement and much of the twentieth century.Soon after the insurrection of 1848 Ireland entered the great famine. Needless tosay when the country began to recover from its devastating effects spirits were not at aparticular high point. The country was divided again as a nation and its population wasseverely diminished. Survival was much more of a concern than an independent Irelandand recent failures did not do much in terms of rallying the people. There were twodifferent types of gaining the attention of British Parliament now. The first was throughconstitutional methods and the second through physical force and revolt. It was not untilthe Fenian movement which began in 1858 that people began to seriously believe infighting for independence again. Fighting, adopted from the young Irelanders was a largepart of the Fenian philosophy. They believed that independence was impossible withoutthe use of physical force. They gained support from the new Irish overseas, but werecondemned by the catholic church, even though many of its members were in factCatholics. In 1865 many soldiers from overseas came to Ireland in order to fight forindependence but the rising was postponed due to a lack of arms. This lack of arms wascaused by conflicting ideas of t...
