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1. A speech he gave at Ennis describing a “Moral Coventry” led to the isolation of a bureaucrat named Captain Boycott. He was ejected from the House of Commons and arrested after opposing the Coercion Bill, but was released by the Kilmainham treaty a year later. After the “no rent” manifesto declared his Land League illegal he allied himself with Gladstone, but his temporary success was eventually destroyed due to scandal. FTP name this Irish statesman, who was deposed as leader of the Home Rule party due to his affair with Katherine O’Shea.
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