Southern Irish Loyalism, 1912-1949

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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This book bringstogether new research on loyalism in the 26 counties that would become theIrish Free State. It covers a range of topics and experiences, including theThird Home Rule crisis in 1912, the revolutionary period, partition,independence and Irish participation in the British armed and colonial serviceup to the declaration of the Republic in 1949. The essays gathered here examinewho southern Irish loyalists were, what loyalism meant to them, how theyexpressed their loyalism, their responses to Irish independence and theirexperiences afterwards. The collectionoffers fresh insights and new perspectives on the Irish Revolution and the earlyyears of southern independence, based on original archival research. Itaddresses issues of particular historiographical and political interest duringthe ongoing ‘Decade of Centenaries’, including revolutionary violence,sectarianism, political allegiance and identity and the Irish border, but, rather than ceasing its coverage in 1922 or 1923,this book – like the lives with which it is concerned – continues into the firstdecades of southern Irish independence.List of contributors: Frank Barry, Elaine Callinan, Jonathan Cherry, Seamus Cullen, Ian d'Alton, Sean Gannon, Katherine Magee, Alan McCarthy, Pat McCarthy, Daniel Purcell, Joseph Quinn, Brian M. Walker, Fionnuala Walsh, Donald Wood

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Utgivningsdatum2020-10-22
Mått163 x 239 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagLiverpool University Press
ISBN9781789621846

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Southern Irish loyalism from Home Rule crisis to Republic: an introductionBrian Hughes and Conor MorrisseyCrisis and Decline? Protestants and Unionists in Revolution1. Protestant population decline in southern Ireland, 1911–26Donald Wood2. Voting to maintain the Union in 1918: ‘the strongest pillars upon which they stood’Elaine Callinan3. Southern Protestant voices during the Irish War of Independence and Civil War: reports from Church of Ireland synodsBrian M. Walker4. The southern unionist business community and the economics of Home Rule and successionFrank BarryServants of the Crown5. Loyal to what? Identity and motivation in the southern Irish Protestant involvement in two world warsIan d’Alton6. ‘The future welfare of the Empire will depend more largely on our women and girls’: southern loyalist women and the British war effort in Ireland, 1914–1922Fionnuala Walsh7. Southern Irish loyalists and imperial serviceSéan Gannon8. ‘It was the done thing’: southern Irish Protestants and the Second World WarJoseph QuinnThe Provincial Experience 9. Henry Lawrence Tivy (1848–1929): the rise and fall of a Cork loyalistAlan McCarthy10. A beleaguered community? Waterford loyalists during the revolution, 1912–1924Pat McCarthy11. Loyalists in a garrison county: Kildare, 1912–1923Seamus CullenLost Counties? Loyalism at the Border12. ‘Cast Out!’ Cavan and Monaghan loyalists and partition, 1916–1923Daniel Purcell13. Adaptive coexistence? Lord Farnham (1879–1957) and southern loyalism in pre- and post-Independence IrelandJonathan Cherry14. Defying the partition of Ulster: Colonel John George Vaughan Hart and the unionist experience of the Irish Revolution in East Donegal, c.1919–1944Katherine MageeAfterword: layers of loyaltyBrian Hughes and Conor Morrissey

'The chapters in this volume provide a variety of insightsinto the southern Irish loyalist experience in the early years of the newstate... In addition to being of interest to scholars of Irish Unionism andProtestantism, this book will be of use to those interested in local politics,social upheaval during the revolution, and Irish service in the military andimperial civil service.'Nicola K. Morris,Journal of British Studies

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