Table of Contents

Introduction; Forging the Union; Dawn of a New Century; Catholic Mobilisation; The Achievement of Emancipation; Ireland under Whig Government; The Campaign for Repealing the Union; The Age of Peel; Explaining the Famine; Response to Famine; Post-Famine Ireland; Mid-Victorian Ireland; Gladstone's First Mission; Parnell and the Land League; The Irish Liberals: A Union of Hearts?; Constructive Unionism 1886-1906; Celtic Renaissance; The Story of Irish Socialism; The Home Rule Crisis; World War and Insurrection; The Rise of Sinn Fein; The Anglo-Irish War; North and South Settlements; Conclusion; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Questions; Index

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In this study, Ireland's status as a theatre of disorder from 1800 to 1922 is investigated and re-assessed.

About the Author

Hilary Larkin is an adjunct researcher in history at the University of Kansas. She was educated at University College Dublin and at the University of Cambridge.

Reviews

'Hilarly Larkin's book is more than a history of Ireland under the Union. It is in many respects a history of the Union, and she ranges with confidence over cultural, social and political events in Britain as well as in Ireland. She adds her own judgements to her impressive familiarity with and synthesis of recent historiography.' -Michael Laffan, University College Dublin School of History and Archives