The Irish Question: Two Centuries of Conflict

The Irish Question: Two Centuries of Conflict
ISBN-10
0813119286
ISBN-13
9780813119281
Series
The Irish Question
Category
Political Science
Pages
225
Language
English
Published
1995
Author
Lawrence John McCaffrey

Description

The many dimensions of the Irish Question, 1800-1922, constituted the most emotion-laden problem in British politics, often to the detriment of other imperial interests -- a Gordian knot only severed by the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. In this volume Lawrence J. McCaffrey presents a coherent view of the evolution of Irish nationalism since 1800 and the impact of the Irish Question on British culture, politics, and institutions. The emotional nexus of the Irish Question was the religious issue, but McCaffrey believes that nationalism emerged from the attempt of the Irish Protes ...

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