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133 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1891</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist Alliance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><i>Notes from Ireland</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Big_tent" title="Big tent">Big tent</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Irish_Home_Rule_movement" title="Irish Home Rule movement">Anti-Home Rule</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionism" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Unionism">Irish Unionism</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:1px solid ;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Ireland">Politics of Ireland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of political parties in Ireland">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections" title="List of United Kingdom general elections">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union</b> (ILPU) was a <a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">unionist</a> political organisation in <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, established to oppose the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Home_Rule_movement" title="Irish Home Rule movement">Irish Home Rule movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union was formed in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> in May 1885 by a small number of southern businessmen, landowners and academics.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It sought to unite <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a> in the three southern <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">provinces of Ireland</a> on a common platform of maintenance of the union between <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> and Ireland. In doing so, it undermined the Conservative <a href="/wiki/Loyal_Irish_Union" title="Loyal Irish Union">Loyal Irish Union</a>, which shut down as a result of the ILPU's founding. From its inception, the ILPU's main opponent was the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary Party</a>. The ILPU published pamphlets, leaflets and a news sheet, <i>Notes from Ireland</i>, which were distributed widely in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organisation had some success in preventing rivalry between Liberals and Conservatives, and in a number of cases candidates came forward in the <a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885 general election</a> simply as ‘loyalists’. A total of 54 of the southern seats were contested by anti-home rule candidates. </p><p>The success of the organisation led its leaders to found the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist Alliance</a> in 1891, at which point the ILPU ceased to exist as a separate body. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1885_general_election">1885 general election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 1885 general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union_contested_constituencies_1885.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union_contested_constituencies_1885.svg/220px-Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union_contested_constituencies_1885.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union_contested_constituencies_1885.svg/330px-Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union_contested_constituencies_1885.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union_contested_constituencies_1885.svg/440px-Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union_contested_constituencies_1885.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="1649" /></a><figcaption>Coloured purple are seats contested by the ILPU in the 1885 election. All were lost to the IPP. Constituencies coloured green were won by the IPP, and blue by the Conservatives.</figcaption></figure> <p>Table shows results for candidates running under a purely "Loyalist" banner. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency</th> <th>Candidate</th> <th>Votes</th> <th>%</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Winning party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Cork_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Cork (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Cork</a></td> <td>Arthur St George Patton</td> <td>106</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>2</td> <td>Irish Parliamentary Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)">North Donegal</a></td> <td>Augustus Stewart</td> <td>952</td> <td>17.2</td> <td>2</td> <td>Irish Parliamentary Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galway_Borough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)">Galway Borough</a></td> <td>Thomas George Palmer Hallett</td> <td>164</td> <td>10.9</td> <td>2</td> <td>Irish Parliamentary Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Kerry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)">South Kerry</a></td> <td>Daniel O'Connell</td> <td>133</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>2</td> <td>Irish Parliamentary Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Waterford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)">East Waterford</a></td> <td>Capt. William Gervaise de la Poer</td> <td>314</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>2</td> <td>Irish Parliamentary Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Westmeath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency)">South Westmeath</a></td> <td>Herman Southwood Smith</td> <td>200</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>2</td> <td>Irish Parliamentary Party </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_Loyal_and_Patriotic_Union&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Real Dangers of Home Rule</i> (Dublin: Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, 1887)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Jackson_(historian)" title="Alvin Jackson (historian)">Alvin Jackson</a>, <i>The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History</i> (Oxford University Press, 19 Mar 2014), 52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union: Leaflets</i> (Dublin, 1886)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">James H. 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