GERARD DELANTY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Liverpool. He is co-author of Nationalism in the Modern World.PATRICK O'MAHONEY is Lecturer in Sociology at University College Cork, Ireland. He is co-author of Nationalism in the Modern World.

• Acknowledgements Preface to the Paperback Introduction: National Identity and Cultural Contradiction in Twentieth-century Ireland Nationalism and the Construction of Identity Origins and Context of Irish National Identities Nationalist Mobilisation and the Cultural Construction of the Irish Nation The Alignment of Nationalist Politics: Self-Determination as Goal and Achievement The Institutionalisation of National Identity in the Irish Free State Social Change and the Transformation of National Identity Conclusion: Nationalism in Contemporary Ireland Notes Bibliography Index