Excerpt from The Battle of the Moy: Or How Ireland Gained Her Independence 1892-1894 However, her prominent men now saw her opportunity, and renewed her demand for home rule with a vigor hitherto unparalleled. As might have been expected, this was again denied; consequently the highest talents of her de voted sons were called forth in advocacy of a cause which was at once both national and all-absorbing. The exam ple of other countries - notably Canada - was cited in justification of a demand which every Irishman deemed righteous beyond dispute; but Englishmen were true to their traditions. And proved obdurate to the facts presented by reason and justice. In consequence the Irish members of the Imperial Parliament resorted to the old-time tactics of obstruction, and when these proceedings failed, as usual, they counselled their constituents to resort to the new one, i. E., non-intercourse with England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.