ABSTRACT

The second edition of this bestselling survey of modern Irish history covers social, religious as well as political history and offers a distinctive combination of chronological and thematic approaches.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

part |78 pages

Under Strain: From Union to Famine

chapter |25 pages

Politics

O'Connell: Innovation and Ambiguity

chapter |30 pages

Society

Agrarian Crisis and Population Collapse

chapter |21 pages

Religion

The Birthpangs of Modernity

part |98 pages

Winners and Losers: From Famine to Partition

chapter |27 pages

Society

Agricola Victor

chapter |40 pages

Politics

Nationalism and Localism

chapter |29 pages

Religion

Triumphs and Stockades

part |106 pages

Promised Lands: Ireland since 1921

chapter |48 pages

Politics

An Island Now Formally Divided

chapter |28 pages

Society

Stagnation, Boom, Slump, Boom

chapter |28 pages

Religion

Piety and Its Spoils