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There is a tragic inevitability about Irish history: "hatred answering hatred", as Lady Gregory wrote. Four events in particular, Yeats's "four deep, tragic notes", ring through Irish history: the Catholic revolt against Elizabeth; the battle of the Boyne, which established the Protestant Ascendancy; the impact of the French Revolution; and the fall from power of Charles Stewart Parnell, which turned Ireland away from peaceful solutions to its ills. The authors bring the story up to the present,...

The Kenney family grew up in Saddleworth, outside Oldham, in the last decades of the nineteenth century. In 1905, three of the sisters met Christabel Pankhurst, a turning point which changed the rest of their lives. Annie Kenney became one of the leaders of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), Jessie was an organiser at the heart of the organisation, and Nell campaigned outside the capital. Caroline and Jane used their connections within the suffrage movement as the springboard for car...

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. The theme of this book is cultural encounter and exchange in Irish women's lives. Using three case studies: the Enlightenment, emigration and modernism, it analyses reading and popular and consumer culture as sites of negotiation of gender roles. It traces how the circulation of ideas, fantasies and aspirations which have shaped women's lives in actuality and in imagination and argu...

A gifted storyteller with a vivid memory, Martin Morrissey grew up in west Clare during the Second World War. After years in America, he returned to his native country. Here he gives us a sparkling and moving account of his boyhood days on a simple farm in rural Ireland, following in his beloved father's footsteps, observing the people and 'helping out' in a way that only small boys can do! These were the final years of the 'age of conversation' before the arrival of electricity, when people pr...

Dublinia is the story of a unique period in Irish history told with passion, imagination and accuracy. This book leads the reader through the noise and bustle of the medieval streets of Dublin looking at all aspects of life, from religion to trade, from crafts to government and from buildings to lifestyles. Based on the hugely successful exhibition on medieval Dublin -- Dublinia -- this book is both a stand alone accessible and authoritative introduction to life in the medieval city, and also a...

Born in 1865 into a farming family of Fenian tradition near Fermoy in Co. Cork, Thomas Kent became involved in the Land League in the 1880s and lived for a time in Boston, where he was active in Irish cultural organisations. In 1889, back in Ireland he joined the fight against injustices and evictions and was imprisoned several times for his part in orchestrating a boycotting campaign. Dedicated to freeing Ireland, Thomas and his brothers mobilised in Co. Cork at Easter 1916 and waited in vain...

This condensed history examines why the Great Famine was so catastrophic, and explores its effect on Irish society and culture. It explains the circumstances surrounding the period and addresses issues and characteristics of the time. Aspects covered include the spread of disease, the experiences of those on public works projects and the disagreements between political leaders regarding the distribution of what little food was available. Featuring new material on the Irish Famine which has nev...

A fascinating examination of the life of Thomas Clarke, a member of the Fenians and a key leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1916. Clarke spent fifteen years in penal labour for his role in a bombing campaign in London between 1883 and 1898. He was a member of the Supreme Council of the IRB from 1915 and was one of the rebels who planned the 1916 Rising. He was the first signatory of the Proclamation of Independence and was with the group that occupied the GPO. He was executed on 3...

In this study of the influence of Ireland's most important journal of ideas in the 19th century, Professor Hall argues that the magazine helped mold consensus opinion in matters as varied as Catholic Emancipation and Land Reform. He also demonstrates the literary influence of the magazine particularly on the Bronte family and on the rising generation of late 19th century Irish poets and essayists.

What influence did the Irish dimension have upon Anglo-American relations? Did the Special Relationship impact American and British handling of the Troubles? What motivated American policymaking towards Northern Ireland? Developed through the prism of the U.S. presidency, and drawing on American, British and Irish archival material, this major study examines the attitudes and involvement of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bus...

National Trust’s Alison Dalby draws on some of their most inspiring historic properties and holiday cottages and provides advice and tips on how to use colour in your home, with sections on green, blue, red and yellow to black and neutrals. She looks at how to use pattern with fabrics and wallpapers and describes how to make the most of lighting in your home. Finally, sections on accessories and displays will show you how to style your rooms with your treasured possessions to create your own lo...

This paperback edition makes more widely available an important text for scholars and students on an aspect of Irish society that has been inadequately covered elsewhere. Ireland is one of the nations of the western world in which industrialization was longest delayed. In these papers, sociologists, economists and political scientists offer 'rich and original insights into how Irish society has developed, particularly over the last 30 years' (Irish Times). Questions of the typicality or 'excepti...

Examines how the Irish American community, the American public, and the American government played a crucial role in the making of a sovereign independent Ireland On Easter Day 1916, more than a thousand Irishmen stormed Dublin city center, seizing the General Post Office building and reading the Proclamation for an independent Irish Republic. The British declared martial law shortly afterward, and the rebellion was violently quashed by the military. In a ten-day period after the event, fourteen...

This book gives the reader an illustrated tour of the history of Cork city, as if they were taking a walk through the city's past. The journey starts in Blackrock, before heading into the city and following a meandering route that covers many areas of both the north and south sides of the River Lee. The images date largely from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and many of them may be a surprise to the modern Corkonian. For instance it is hard to imagine what the reaction would be...

***WINNER of the 2021 RSL Ondaatje Prize***'I binged it like a Netflix show... It's stunning' Luke Kennard, author of The Transition______________________________A photograph is hung on a gallery wall for the very first time since it was taken two decades before. It shows a slaughter house in rural Ireland, a painting of the Virgin Mary on the wall, a meat hook suspended from the ceiling - and, from its sharp point, the lifeless body of a man hanging by his feet. The story of who he is and how h...

Little St. John's Day. Fair Day in Thomastown. Feast Day of St. Peter and St. Paul, apostles ... Cherries and red and black currants for sale at Crois. A sultry day. Hurling on Fair Green. I was knocked down by a young brat, but it was nothing to be ashamed of, as I brought him down as well. Cow-dung oft knocked a good man. Everything is growing now as fast as ferns.' p>Keeping a personal diary was not a practise among writers of Irish before O'Sullivan's time and contemporary Irish scholars sa...