ABSTRACT
The sociological contribution comes from Karl Marx's insights on historical materialism. The exploration of the forces shaping the profile of the Irish economic disposition has benefited from using the concept of Historical Materialism. It has allowed to reveal a coalition of socio-cultural strands programmed by the Absolute Pre-supposition religion and nationalism to protect and adapt the Catholic ethos to the prevailing or changing socio-economic conditions. The chapter discusses that socio-cultural strands are: the religious context confronting marxism, the class context confronting marxism, a green version of marxism, profile of key combatant and leadership occupations, the economic sentiment of the craftworker, the catholic disposition of the national workforce, and the post revolutionary conservative ethos. In Ireland, revisionist Marxist history writing is scholastic Marxism written by academics for journals rather than an action based guide for old fashioned working class political Marxists and acts as an apologia for British involvement in Irish affairs.
