The Making of Modern Irish History

by O'Day; Alan

• ISBN13: 9780415098199
• ISBN10: 041509819X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Revisionism has been an important issue in Irish history for several years, as varying partisan accounts of the Irish past have been rewritten and "rescued" by journalists and historians of different political persuasions.The Making of Modern Irish Historybrings together distinguished historians of Ireland, each of whom tackles a key question, issue or event in Irish history since the eighteenth century. Topics discussed include the Great Famine, new ideas on the 1916 rising, the "diaspora," and the current troubles of the country. These original contributions take account of new evidence and perspectives, as well as up-to-date historical methodology. Their combination of synthesis and analysis represent a valuable guide to the present state of the writing of modern Irish history.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Introduction: 'Revisionism' and the 'revisionist controversy'	p. 1
Eighteenth-Century Ireland	p. 15
The Union of Ireland and Britain, 1801-1921	p. 34
Revisionism and Irish History: The Great Famine	p. 71
The National Question, Land and 'Revisionism': Some reflections	p. 90
Irish Nationalism	p. 100
Irish Unionism	p. 120
Home Rule and the Historians	p. 141
1916, Interpreting the Rising	p. 163
Revising the Diaspora	p. 188
Past and Present: Revisionism and the Northern Ireland troubles	p. 216
Index	p. 239
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