The British Monarchy and Ireland: 1800 to the Present

by James Loughlin

• ISBN13: 9780521843720
• ISBN10: 0521843723
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A broad-ranging political and social history of the relationship of the British monarchy with Ireland from 1800 to the present. James Loughlin demonstrates how this relationship was shaped by the personalities of individual monarchs and by government policies in Ireland, especially during the nineteenth century when the state sought to quell Irish demands for independence. The study takes account not only of nationalist Ireland, but also of Ulster loyalism; the function of royal ritual and spectacle in engaging Irish popular opinion; and assesses royal allegiance within both the context of Government policies in Ireland and the Irish Viceroyalty, the British monarchy's surrogate presence. The analysis moves through to the present day, examining the monarchy's role in facilitating Anglo-Irish conciliation following the end of violent conflict in Northern Ireland. This comprehensive account makes a significant contribution to the history of Anglo-Irish relations, the monarchy, nationalism, unionism and the politics of identity.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction: the monarchy, Ireland and the Union	p. 1
The crown and O'Connellite Ireland	p. 13
Legitimacy, authority and emancipation	p. 15
Royalty and repeal	p. 39
Victorian values	p. 55
Allegiance and illusion in the famine era	p. 57
Loyalty and localism	p. 78
Nationalist revival and royal responses	p. 101
Gladstonian monarchism	p. 123
Ireland and the crown: the Gladstonian perspective	p. 125
Pursuing the Irish royal project	p. 148
The uncrowned king and national identity	p. 168
The first Home Rule bill: the monarchical dimension	p. 196
Constructive Unionism and the crown	p. 215
Allegiance and agrarian struggle	p. 217
Welfare monarchism and conciliation	p. 241
Royalty and revolution	p. 269
Home Rule, crisis and the crown	p. 271
War and national transformation	p. 297
The crown and independent Ireland	p. 323
The monarchy and Ireland in the Free State era	p. 325
Ireland and the new Elizabethan age	p. 356
Conclusion	p. 386
Index	p. 392
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