"Rome Rule" was a term used by Irish unionists and socialists to describe the belief that the Roman Catholic Church would gain political control over their interests with the passage of a Home Rule Bill. The slogan was coined by the Radical MP and Quaker John Bright during the Home Rule crisis in the late 19th century and continued to be used in the early 20th century.
Read more about Rome Rule: Background, The 1885 Home Rule Bill, Socialist Theorists On Rome Rule, 1912–1925, Outburst in 1988, Culmination 2009
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