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Parnell's brother John was also an Irish National member of the United Kingdom's House of Commons.
 
Parnell's brother John was also an Irish National member of the United Kingdom's House of Commons.
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A highly publicized adultery scandal in 1890 caused him to lose support from his party, and he died soon after, of pneumonia.
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A highly publicized adultery scandal in 1890 caused him to lose support from his party. Captain William O'Shea, another Irish member of the House of Commons, sued Parnell in civil court for committing adultery with his wife Katherine. <ref> Thomas E. Hachey, Lawrence J. McCaffrey The Irish Experience Since 1800: A Concise History</ref>Parnell died soon after, of pneumonia.
    
==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
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