Ireland and Britain, 1798-1922

"Impressive . . . Dworkin offers a survey of Anglo-Irish history that conveys the complexity of the topic while at the same time remaining clear, highly readable, and accessible to beginning students. He recognizes that ‘Irish’ cannot be equated with ‘Catholic’ and ‘nationalist,’ and rightly emphasizes the importance of region and class as well as religion in shaping the modern history of the Irish nations. The introductions that accompany each primary source excerpt keep to the high standard of the opening essay: the right amount of detail for contextualization and comprehensibility, without overwhelming the reader. The selection of excerpts is solid."
     —Meredith Veldman, Louisiana State University

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An Anthology of Sources

Edited, with an Introduction, by Dennis Dworkin

March 2012 - 298 pp.

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The clash between Britain and Ireland—and between Catholics and Protestants within Ireland—is among the oldest and most enduring nationalist, ethnic, and religious conflicts in the modern world, rooted in the colonization of Ireland by English and Scottish Protestants in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Through fifty-six original sources (click here to see the the Table of Contents), many of which have never been reprinted, this volume traces the origins and development of the conflict during the years of the legislative union between Britain and Ireland—years shaped by the rise of, and British and Irish Unionist responses to, Irish nationalism.

 

Reviews:

"[A] timely and very useful teaching tool for students of modern Irish history. Dworkin offers an introduction synopsizing the history and placing it in a comparative framework, reproductions of 56 sources on Ireland, a glossary of the main dramatis personae and events, a chronology, and a guide to further reading. The range of sources is impressively imaginative and extensive, and includes extracts from political and social commentaries, speeches, letters, parliamentary debates, newspaper articles, poems, songs, and a short story by James Joyce. Most are illustrated with drawings, photographs, or maps.
     "[Dworkin] has an easy facility for writing clearly and concisely . . . no matter how well versed they are in Irish history, [readers] are sure to find some previously unknown textual treasures accompanied by sharp, insightful commentaries."
     —European History Quarterly


"Impressive . . . Dworkin offers a survey of Anglo-Irish history that conveys the complexity of the topic while at the same time remaining clear, highly readable, and accessible to beginning students. He recognizes that ‘Irish’ cannot be equated with ‘Catholic’ and ‘nationalist,’ and rightly emphasizes the importance of region and class as well as religion in shaping the modern history of the Irish nations. The introductions that accompany each primary source excerpt keep to the high standard of the opening essay: the right amount of detail for contextualization and comprehensibility, without overwhelming the reader. The selection of excerpts is solid."
     —Meredith Veldman, Louisiana State University


This is a very useful collection for teaching undergraduates. Much more inclusive than other collections—but reasonably priced. . . . I will definitely adopt this book."
     —William H. Mulligan, Jr., Murray State University


"Dworkin is appreciably catholic in his selection, ranging from poetry of Moore and Yeats and Joyce’s Dubliners, to autobiography and reminiscences, political speeches and writings, letters, cultural reflections, histories and parliamentary documents. . . . [This] collection offers sources that are indispensable to any understanding of modern Irish history, and those that are still driving scholarly discussion, such as the relationships between Irish nationalism and feminism in Ireland.
    "[A] useful handbook of sources for modern Irish history, particularly on nationalism, the history of Anglo–Irish relationships, and that of communal relationships within Ireland. It is of particular value for the general reader and the university student (in large part because some of the sources in the collection have never been reprinted after their original publication)."
     —Nations and Nationalism

 

About the Author:

Dennis Dworkin is Professor of History, University of Nevada Reno.


 

Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter One: Making and Unmaking the Union

1. William Theobald Wolfe Tone, Selections from Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone (1797)
2. Edmund Burke, “A LETTER on the Aff airs of Ireland, written in the year 1797” (1797)
3. De Latocnaye, Selections from A Frenchman’s Walk through Ireland, 1796–97 (1797)
4. William Pitt, Selections from Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt in the House of Commons, Thursday, January 31, 1799 (1799)
5. Robert Emmet, “Speech from the Dock” (1803)
6. Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan), Selections from The Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale (1806)

7–9. Daniel O’Connell on Catholic Emancipation and Repeal
7. Daniel O’Connell, “Mr. O’Connell’s Letter to the Freeholders of the County of Clare,” The Times [London], February 2, 1829 (originally published in the Dublin Morning Register)
8. Daniel O’Connell to Rev. Dr. Paul Cullen, Rector of the Irish College, Rome, May 9, 1842
9. Daniel O’Connell, “Speech at Mullaghmast” (October 1, 1843)

10 and 11. Perspectives on the Irish Famine
10. Editorial, The Times, September 22, 1846
11. John Mitchel, Selections from The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps) (1876)


Chapter Two: National Identity

12 and 13. Thomas Moore, Irish Melodies (1808–34)
12. Thomas Moore, “Dear Harp of My Country”
13. Thomas Moore, “Erin, oh Erin”

14. Editorial, Unsigned Article from The Nation (1842)

15 and 16. Thomas Davis
15. Thomas Davis, “Old Ireland,” The Nation (August 10, 1844)
16. Thomas Davis, “A Nation Once Again” (1845)

17. Matthew Arnold, Selections from On the Study of Celtic Literature (1867)
18. Thomas N. Burke, Selections from “The History of Ireland, as Told in Her Ruins,” Lectures on Faith and Fatherland (1874)
19. Douglas Hyde, “The Necessity for De-Anglicising Ireland” (1892), The Revival of Irish Literature (1894)
20. Mary E. L. Butler, “Irishwomen and the Home Language,” All Ireland Review (1900–1901)
21. William Butler Yeats, Cathleen Ni Houlihan (1902)
22. James Joyce, “Ivy Day in the Committee Room,” Dubliners (1914)
23. Maud Gonne McBride, Selections from The Autobiography of Maud Gonne: A Servant of the Queen (1938)


Chapter Three: New Departures

24. James Fintan Lalor, “The Faith of a Felon,” Irish Felon (July 8, 1848)

25 and 26. Marx and Engels on Ireland
25. Friedrich Engels, “The Agricultural Proletariat,” The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 (1844)
26. Karl Marx, Letter to Sigfrid Myer and August Vogt, April 9, 1870

27 and 28. The Fenians
27. John O’Mahony, Letter to William Sullivan (1859)
28. James Stephens, Letter to John O’Mahony (1861)

29. Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, “Pastoral” (1869)
30. George Campbell, Selections from The Irish Land (1869)
31. Foundation of the National Land League of Mayo, The Freeman’s Journal (1879)
32. “Mr. Parnell at Cork,” The Times, January 22, 1885
33. “Mr. Gladstone’s Manifesto,” The Times, May 4, 1886
34. W. E. H. Lecky, “Mr. Lecky on Mr. Gladstone’s Proposals,” The Times, May 5, 1886
35. “Lord R. Churchill on the Irish Policy of the Tories,” The Times, May 6, 1886

36–38. The Churches of Ireland on Home Rule
36. The Irish Catholic Bishops (1886)
37. The Presbyterian Church (1886)
38. The Church of Ireland (1886)

39–41. Orange Ireland and Home Rule
39. Reverend T. Ellis, Selections from The Action of the Grand Orange Lodge of the County of Armagh (And the Reasons Thereof) (1885)
40. “The Orangemen and Home Rule,” The Belfast News-Letter, Saturday, May 15, 1886
41. H. de F. Montgomery, Memorandum Criticizing the Orange Order for Its Harmful and Divisive Effect on Irish Protestantism and Society (c. 1873)


Chapter Four: Ireland in the New Century

42. James Connolly, “Socialism and Nationalism,” Shan Van Vocht (1897)
43. Sir Horace Plunkett, Selections from Ireland in the New Century (1904)

44 and 45. Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant (1912)
44. Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant (for Men)
45. Th e Declaration (for Women)

46. Pádraic Pearse, “The Coming Revolution” (November 1913), Political Writings and Speeches (published 1924)

47 and 48. Irish Feminism and the Vote
47. Mary McSwiney “A Plea for Common Sense,” The Irish Citizen, May 23, 1914
48. “Editorial: The Slave Women Again,” The Irish Citizen, May 23, 1914

49. “An Irish Brigade: Mr. Redmond’s Appeal to His Countrymen, ‘War for High Ideals,’” The Times, September 17, 1914
50. Proclamation of the Irish Republic, April 24, 1916

51 and 52. The Easter Rising Up Close
51. James Stephens, Chapter V, “Friday,” The Insurrection in Dublin (1916)
52. Constance Markievicz, “Some Women in Easter Week,” Prison Letters of Constance Markievicz (1934)

53. W. B. Yeats, “Easter 1916” (1916)
54. George Russell (Æ), “The New Nation” (1917), Imagination and Reveries (published 1921)
55. Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921)
56. Dáil éireann, Debate on the Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921–22)

Glossary
Chronology of Main Events
Works Cited and Suggestions for Further Reading
Index