CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| [The Home Rule Case] | 3 | |
| The Case that Does Not Change: | ||
| (i.) | The Sea. | |
| (ii.) | The Race. | |
| (iii.) | The Creed. | |
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| [The Home Rule Case] | 19 | |
| The Case that Has Changed and is Now Stronger: | ||
| (i.) | The Councils and | |
| (ii.) | The Land. | |
| CHAPTER III. | ||
| [The Home Rule Case] | 35 | |
| The Case that Has Changed—(continued): | ||
| (i.) | The Congested Districts. | |
| (ii.) | The Board of Agriculture. | |
| (iii.) | Old-Age Pensions. | |
| (iv.) | The Universities. | |
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| [The Home Rule Plan] | 47 | |
| The Nineteenth Century Bills and the Bill of 1912. | ||
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| [Home Rule Difficulties] | 63 | |
| Ulster. | ||
| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| [Home Rule Difficulties] | 77 | |
| Rome Rule or Home Rule? | ||
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| [Home Rule in History] | 89 | |
| Five Centuries of Limited Home Rule (1265-1780). | ||
| CHAPTER VIII. | ||
| [Home Rule in History] | 99 | |
| Grattan's Parliament. | ||
| CHAPTER IX. | ||
| [Home Rule in the World] | 113 | |
| The Case from Analogy. | ||
| CHAPTER X. | ||
| [Home Rule Finance] | 125 | |
| APPENDICES. | ||
| A. [The Home Rule Bill of 1912] | 143 | |
| B. [The Shrinkage of Ireland] | 160 | |
| C. [The Act of Union] | 163 | |
| D. [The Home Rule Bills of 1886 and 1893] | 167 | |
| E. [The Irish Board of Agriculture] | 184 | |
| F. [The Reduction in Irish Pauperism] | 186 | |
| G. [The Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881] | 187 | |
| H. [The Congested Districts Board] | 188 | |
| J. [Irish Canals and Railways] | 190 | |
| K. [Home Rule Parliaments in the British Empire] | 191 | |
THE HOME RULE CASE
THE CASE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE
i.—The Sea.
ii.—The Race.
iii.—The Creed.
"Ireland hears the ocean protesting against Separation, but she hears the sea likewise protesting against Union. She follows her physical destination and obeys the dispensations of Providence."
Grattan
(First speech against the Union 15th January, 1800).