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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792261603321

Autore

Hepburn A. C (Anthony C.)

Titolo

Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the era of Joe Devlin, 1871-1934 [[electronic resource] /] / A.C. Hepburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-77010-8

0-19-155949-0

9786611770105

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Disciplina

941.608

Soggetti

Catholics - Northern Ireland - Belfast - History - 19th century

Catholics - Northern Ireland - Belfast - History - 20th century

Nationalism - Northern Ireland - Belfast - History

Religion and politics - Northern Ireland - Belfast - History

Belfast (Northern Ireland) History

Northern Ireland Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Note on the Text; 1. North and South; 2. 'Prisoners of the City': Catholic Belfast in the Late Nineteenth Century; Ethnic Arithmetic: The Population of Belfast; The Catholic Elite and Middle Class; The Catholic Working Class; Segregation and Conflict; Priests, Press, and Politics; 'Wee Joe' and the Brothers; 3. A Minority Divided, 1890-1908; Fighting Parnell: 'Kitty O'Shea! Kitty O'Shea!'; Fighting Healy: 'Your name is Devlin, I see you have your men well placed'; Fighting the Unionists: The Belfast Corporation Bill

Fighting the Bishop: 'A veritable Belfast Pooh-bah'The Struggle Continued, 1898-1903; 'The Rebels of Lucifer'; The End of the Belfast Catholic Association; 4. The Organizer of Spontaneity; Fighting the Republicans: Belfast, the '98 Centenary and the UIL; Fighting for 'the Great Chance of his Life'; Devlin and the Diaspora; 'A Catholic Orangeism in Green Paint'?: The Ancient Order of Hibernians; 'A Paid Position': Running the United Irish League; 5. 'A Theatre where we may



Expose the Wrongs of Ireland': Parliamentarian; From North Kilkenny to West Belfast

'Triumph of the Little Corporal': West Belfast, 1906'In the Closest Sympathy with Advanced Opinions': Devlin and Labour; Screeching William and the Little Bag of Venom: The Break with O'Brien; 'Rome Rule': The McCann Case, the National Insurance Act and the AOH Again; 6. 'The Real Chief Secretary': Centre Stage, 1910-1914; On the Up: From Budget and Veto to Home Rule; The Ulster Crisis; Labour in Belfast and Dublin; 'The Edge of the Volcano': Politicians and Volunteers, 1914; Volunteering in Belfast; 7. Belfast, Ireland, and the War, 1914-1918; Volunteers, Recruits, and Rebels

The Easter Rising'Partitionist!': The 1916 Negotiations; Nationalists and Sinn Féiners, 1916-1917; The Irish Convention: Constitutionalism's Last Throw; Nationalists and Sinn Féiners, 1918; The General Election of 1918; 8. 'Bloodshed and Partition': War in Ireland, 1919-1922; 'Voices in the Wilderness': Westminster, 1919-1920; On the Sidelines: Super Gunmen in Belfast, 1920-1921; War in Belfast, 1922; 9. The Stage Contracts: Northern Ireland, 1922-1934; 'A Mere English Labourite with a Belfast Accent'?; The Boundary Commission; Northern Minority Leader; Decline

10. Conclusion: 'The Ulster Question is a Belfast City Question'A Single Man; The Gerry Fitt of his Day?; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This text offers a re-interpretation of Irish political history in the partition era from the perspective of the losers. It is a general text covering 50 years of Irish political history, as well as a case study of Catholic Belfast and a biography of Joe Devlin.