▁but ▁it ▁was ▁defeated . ▁The ▁Second ▁Home ▁Rule ▁Bill ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁was ▁passed ▁by ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons ▁but ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁L ords . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁Par nell , ▁younger ▁and ▁more ▁radical ▁national ists ▁became ▁dis ill usion ed ▁with ▁parliament ary ▁politics ▁and ▁turned ▁toward ▁more ▁extreme ▁forms ▁of ▁separ at ism . ▁The ▁G ael ic ▁Athlet ic ▁Association , ▁the ▁G ael ic ▁League ▁and ▁the ▁cultural ▁rev ival ▁under ▁W . ▁B . ▁Ye ats ▁and ▁August a , ▁Lady ▁Gregory , ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁political ▁thinking ▁of ▁Arthur ▁Griff ith ▁expressed ▁in ▁his ▁newspaper ▁S inn ▁F é in ▁and ▁organis ations ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁National ▁Council ▁and ▁the ▁S inn ▁F é in ▁League , ▁led ▁many ▁Irish ▁people ▁to ▁identify ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁an ▁independent ▁G ael ic ▁Ireland . ▁This ▁was ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁the ▁generic ▁term ▁S inn ▁F é in . ▁ ▁The ▁Third ▁Home ▁Rule ▁Bill ▁was ▁introduced ▁by ▁British ▁Liberal ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁H . ▁H . ▁As qu ith ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 . ▁Irish ▁Union ists , ▁who ▁were ▁over wh el ming ly ▁Protest ants , ▁opposed ▁it , ▁as ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁to ▁be ▁ruled ▁by ▁a ▁Catholic - domin ated ▁Irish ▁government . ▁Led ▁by ▁Sir ▁Edward ▁Car son ▁and ▁James ▁Craig , ▁they ▁formed ▁the ▁Ul ster ▁Vol unte ers ▁( U VF ) ▁in ▁January ▁ 1