Chapter Twenty Two
Parnell's Second Term, 1888-1891
Parnell started his second term by, with Duffist urging, partitioning the Gold Coast in the British Gold Coast (BGC) and Irish Gold Coast (IGC).
Also, more colonies were started in the Ivory Coast, which would put Ireland in direct competition with France and Russia for the territory.
In 1889, the colony of Volta was finished and finally proclaimed as such. For the first time ever, Ireland was considered a great power.
In 1890, the great bi-partisan Parnell-Duffy Workingman Act was signed, which for the first time put minimum safety regulations in force, and limited it to a 14 hour work day.
In September 1890, Ireland made its first tenative steps into Nigeria. With a mission at Niamey.
A little later, a great project was commissioned, called the Trans-African Railroad, with full access railways throught the entire colonies of Ireland in Africa, and the man they hired to do it was the British empire-builder, Cecil Rhodes.
This was considered the crowning achievement of Parnell's tenure, for only a few months later in 1891, he died at age 45 of a heart attack. The country was thrown into convultions, much like they had on PM Doheny's death.
