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Irish Parliamentary Party
The
Irish Parliamentary Party
(
IPP
; commonly called the
Irish Party
or the
Home Rule Party
) was formed in 1882 by
Charles Stewart Parnell
, the leader of the
Nationalist Party
, replacing the
Home Rule League
, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist
Members of Parliament
(MPs) elected to the
House of Commons
at
Westminster
within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
up until 1918. Its central objectives were legislative independence for Ireland and land reform. Its constitutional movement was instrumental in laying the groundwork for Irish self-government through three
Irish Home Rule bills
.
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