ɪts fˈeɪlɪɹ, ɐlˈɔŋ wɪððə fˈeɪlɪɹ ʌv kˈæθlɪk tʃˈɜːtʃkɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ɔːɹ səpˈoːɹɾᵻd pˈɑːɹɾiz ænd kˈændᵻdˌeɪts, nˈoʊɾəbli ðə dɪzˈæstɹəs fˈeɪlɪɹ ʌvðə bˈɪʃəp ʌv kˈɛɹiz kˈændᵻdˌeɪt ɪn ɐ kˈɛɹi baɪᵻlˈɛkʃən ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː hˌuː wʌz dᵻfˈiːɾᵻd wɛn kˈɛɹi kˈæθlɪks vˈoʊɾᵻd fɚɹə pɹˈɑːɾɪstənt hˈoʊm ɹˈuːlɚ dᵻspˈaɪt kɑːndɛmnˈeɪʃən fɹʌmðə bˈɪʃəp, ænd ðə kəlˈæps ɪnðə kæmpˈeɪn ʌv wˈʌn ʌv kˈʌlənz səpˈoːɹɾɚz ɪn mˈiːθ ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈoːɹ dʒˈɛnɚɹəl ᵻlˈɛkʃən wˌɛɹ ðə kˈændᵻdˌeɪt wʌz fˈoːɹst tə hjuːmˈɪlɪˌeɪɾɪŋli pˈʊl ˈaʊt θɹuː lˈæk ʌv səpˈoːɹt, ˈɪndᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd ðə lˈɪmɪts ɔnðə pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ˈɪnfluːəns ʌvðə ɹˈoʊmən kˈæθlɪk tʃˈɜːtʃ ɪn lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi ˈaɪɚlənd.
Its failure, along with the failure of Catholic Church-created or supported parties and candidates, notably the disastrous failure of the Bishop of Kerry's candidate in a Kerry by-election in 1872 (who was defeated when Kerry Catholics voted for a Protestant Home Ruler despite condemnation from the bishop), and the collapse in the campaign of one of Cullen's supporters in Meath in the 1874 general election (where the candidate was forced to humiliatingly pull out through lack of support), indicated the limits on the political influence of the Roman Catholic Church in late 19th-century Ireland.