Home Government Association
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Home Government Association | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1870 |
| Dissolved | 1873 |
| Succeeded by | Home Rule League |
| Ideology | Irish nationalism Home Rule |
| Colours | Green |
The Home Government Association was a pressure group launched by Isaac Butt in support of home rule for Ireland at a meeting in Bilton's Hotel, Dublin, on 19 May 1870.
The meeting was attended or supported by sixty-one people of different political and religious persuasions, including six Fenians, Butt seemingly having consulted with the Irish Republican Brotherhood before launching his initiative.[1]
Its inaugural public meeting was held on 1 September 1870. Active in campaigning in several elections for the association was P. F. Johnson.
It became the Home Rule League in 1873.
