Poems & Parodies

Thomas Michael Kettle was born on 9th February 1880 in Artane, Dublin, the seventh of twelve children. A brilliant scholar and activist Kettle was staunch in his defence and commitment to the Home Rule-seeking Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP). In 1906 Kettle won the vacant parliamentary seat of East Tyrone, winning the seat by only 18 votes. In the House of Commons at Westminster he was celebrated as an amusing but caustic speaker and as a vigorous and implacable supporter of the Irish Party and