The Irish Church: A Speech (1869) is a book written by William Ewart Gladstone, a British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The book is a transcript of a speech given by Gladstone in the House of Commons in 1869, in which he argues for the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland.Gladstone's speech was a response to the ongoing debate over the role of the Church of Ireland in Irish society. At the time, the Church of Ireland was...