Home Rule: An Irish History, 1800-2000Decimated by famine and emigration, and divided by Irish rule, the people of Ireland sought unity in Home Rule. This idea bound together the varieties of Irish nationalism. It has united British and Irish politicians in the quest for an agreed settlement in Ireland; it has linked Ulster Unionists and Irish Nationalists. In this book, Alvin Jackson examines the development of Home Rule and devolution in Ireland from the 19th century to the present, with a focus on high politics. He traces some of the main themes in Irish peacemaking from the late Victorian period to the beginning of the millennium, including the Good Friday Agreement. Drawing on new archival evidence, Jackson presents a balanced view of Irish political history and contemporary affairs. |
Contents
Shared Histories | 1 |
The Evolution of an Idea | 9 |
All But a Nation Home Rule 187079 | 24 |
Forsters Sofa The Advance of Parnell 187986 | 38 |
Uniting Hearts 188691 | 67 |
Fall and Rise 18921910 | 80 |
The Leadership of Redmond 191014 | 106 |
The Jaws of Victory 191416 | 142 |
A Gritty Sort of Prod Baroque 192072 | 202 |
Reimagining Devolution and the Union 19702000 | 260 |
Home Rule and Irish History | 320 |
Notes | 329 |
Chronology | 361 |
Select Bibliography | 377 |
Index | 389 |
Changing the Question 191620 | 175 |
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administration Anglo-Irish Agreement April argued Asquith Papers August Belfast Agreement Bloomfield Bonar Law Papers Brian Faulkner Butt Butt's cabinet campaign Carson Catholic certainly conference constitutional County Craig deal December devolution devolved Dillon Dublin election electoral emphasised exclusion executive Faulkner February federal federalist Fenian Fianna Fáil FitzGerald Gladstone Gladstone's Government of Ireland Gwynn Home Rule Bill Home Rule movement Hume Ireland Act Irish government Irish national Irish parliamentary party Irish Party Irish politics Irish Unionists issue January John July June Kendle Land leader leadership League legislation Liberal Lloyd George London Lord loyalist Mansergh March ment Midleton militant Ms.Asquith nationalist negotiations Northern Ireland November O'Connell O'Neill October Parnell Parnell's Parnellite Prime Minister proposed Protestant Redmond reform repeal republican Rulers SDLP seems September settlement Sinn Féin southern Unionists Stormont strategy Sunningdale Terence O'Neill tion Tory Trimble Ulster Unionism Ulster Unionist United Kingdom Valera Walter Long Westminster wider William O'Brien