# Canonical recap data for Irish Parliamentary Election (1918)
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slug: 1918-irish-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1918/1918-irish-election"
title: Irish Parliamentary Election
subtitle: Sinn Féin's landslide victory marked the decisive shift toward Irish independence and catalyzed the war of independence that followed.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1918-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1918
decade: 1910
country:
name: Ireland
slug: ireland
summaryShort: "The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, 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 "
summaryLong: The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, 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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heroImageCredit: "\"Henrietta Street (first session using the Sony NEX-7)\" by infomatique is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/."
importance: 71
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party"
  title: Irish Parliamentary Party
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary p
wikidataQid: Q1311653
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701141826/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Irish Parliamentary Party
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party"
