"Parnell and Ireland" is an Irish jig in D Major. The parts are AABB. According to Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, it was composed by one Tom Doyle in honor of the great Irish politician and nationalist Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), a Member of Parliament who urged tenants not to pay rent in protest of oppression at the hands of landlords. His career was ruined by scandal after it was revealed he was having an affair with a married woman. Composer Doyle also contributed "Paddy's Farewell to America" and "Buttermilk and Pratees" and to William Bradbury Ryan's 1883 collection (published in Boston by Elias Howe). I have not been able to find any information on Tom Doyle or this tune. It was printed in Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940) and Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883).