This was practically the end of Parnell's political career in England. The scene of operations was transferred to Ireland, and there Parnell fought incessantly a bitter and a losing fight, em bittered by the hostility of the Church, which had never approved of a Protestant leader. The campaign ended only with his death. An attempt at reconciliation in the party was made in the spring, at what was known as "the Boulogne negotiations," where William O'Brien endeavoured to arrange an understanding; but it came to nothing. Probably Parnell was never very anxious for its success. The life he led, the agonies he endured, the labours he undertook from the beginning of 1891, travelling weekly to Ire land and intoxicating himself with the atmosphere of passionate nationalism in which he moved, would have broken down a much stronger man. He who had been outwardly the most impassive of men became restless, nervous, almost distracted at times. He visited Ireland for the last time in September, and the last public meeting he attended was on the 27th of that month. The next day he sent for his friend Dr. Kenny, who found him suffering from acute rheumatism and general debility. He left Ireland on the 3oth, promising to return on the following Saturday week. He did
return on that day, but it was in his coffin. He died at Brighton on Oct. 6. His remains were conveyed to Dublin, and on the following Sunday they were laid to rest in the presence of a vast assemblage of the Irish people in Glasnevin Cemetery, not far from the grave of O'Connell.
The principal materials for a biography of Parnell and the history of the Parnellite movement are to be found in Hansard's Parlia mentary Debates (1875-91) ; in the Annual Register for the same period; in the Report of the Special Commission issued in 189o; in The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell, by R. Barry O'Brien ; in The Parnellite Movement, by T. P. O'Connor, M.P.; and in a copious biography of Parnell contributed by an anonymous but well-informed writer to the Dict. of Nat. Biog., vol. xliii. See also Mrs. C. S. Parnell, Charles Stewart Parnell; his love story and political life (2 VON., 1914) ; J. H. Parnell, Charles Stewart Parnell (1916) ; M. M. O'Hara, Chief and Tribune; Parnell and Davitt (1919) ; St. John G. Ervine, Parnell (1925, pop. ed. 1928) ; A. F. Robbins, Parnell: the last five years (1926). (J. R. Tar.; X.)