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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808314703321

Autore

Kinealy Christine

Titolo

Repeal and revolution : 1848 in Ireland / / Christine Kinealy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press

New York : , : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-84779-574-9

1-78170-296-9

1-84779-318-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 pages)

Disciplina

941.5081

Soggetti

HISTORY / Europe / Ireland

Ireland History Rising of 1848

Ireland History Rising of 1848 Causes

Ireland Politics and government 1837-1901

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. [297]-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719065163; 9780719065163; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1.'Ourselves alone': Repeal, 1840-45; 2. 'A death-dealing famine': conciliation and division; 3. 'Black '47': Repeal in retreat; 4. 'Disunited Irishmen'; 5. 'The springtime of the peoples'?; 6. 'A sacred obligation': July 1848; 7. 'Graves which their own cowardice has digged': the aftermath; 8. 'The chained wolves':the 1848-ers overseas; 9. 'Dreams and delusions': thelegacy of 1848; Appendix:The Council of the Irish Confederation; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

*Repeal and revolution. 1848 in Ireland* examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising and examines the reasons for its failure. It places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America. The book concludes that far from being foolish or pathetic, the men and women who led and supported the 1848 rising in Ireland were remarkable, both individually and collectively.This book argues that despite the failure of the July rising in Ireland, the events that let t