ABSTRACT
This wide-ranging collection brings together multiple perspectives on a key period in Irish history, from the Fenian Rising in 1867 to the creation of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in 1921, with a focus on the formation of Irish identity. The chapters, written by team of experts, focus on key individuals or ideological groups and consider how they perceived Ireland's future, what their sense of Irish identity was, and who they saw as the enemy. Providing a new angle on Ireland during the period from 1867 to 1921, this book will be important reading for all those with an interest in Irish history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|95 pages
Home Rule, Ireland And A ‘Union Of Hearts'
chapter 2|22 pages
Nationality And Loyalty
Parnellism, monarchy and the construction of Irish identity, 1880–5
chapter 3|19 pages
‘These Quiet Days Of Peace' 1
Nationalist opinion before the home rule crisis, 1909–13
part II|65 pages
Irish Ireland and a Separatist Identity
chapter 6|15 pages
Broken Glass and Batoned Crowds
Cathleen Ni Houlihan and the tensions of transition
chapter 9|17 pages
‘With the Eyes of Another Race, of a People Once Hunted Themselves'
Casement, colonialism and a remembered past
part III|64 pages
Reformed Ireland Or ‘Risen People'?
chapter 10|14 pages
Unintended Consequences
The national schools and Irish women's mobility in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
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chapter 11|16 pages
‘The Charm of Allowing People to Manage Their Own Affairs'
Political perspectives on emergency relief in late nineteenth-century Ireland
