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Ireland

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by Joseph Coohill


  Irish Historical Studies 127, 129, 134

  Irish Labour Party see Labour Party, Irish

  Irish language 72, 112, 113, 114, 140, 146

  Irish Literary Society of London 113

  Irish Medical Association 154

  Irish National Land League see Land League

  Irish Parliamentary Party 81, 98–101, 118

  and Easter Rising 128–9, 130

  and Griffith 117

  and Home Rule 102, 130

  interpretations 132–6

  and Irish Volunteers 119

  leadership 116

  and Parnell 98, 101, 116

  and Sinn Féin 123

  Irish People (newspaper) 82

  Irish Republic 130, 138

  proclamation 122, 123

  recognition 124

  see also Irish Free State; Republic of Ireland

  Irish Republican Army (IRA)

  and Anglo-Irish Treaty 139

  and Anglo-Irish War 124, 126

  in Britain 145, 163, 190

  ceasefire and arms decommissioning 175, 189, 190, 192, 193

  and civil war 140

  and Easter Rising 130

  and Free State 145

  and Northern Ireland 143, 152, 168–9, 180, 182

  Official IRA 168

  Provisional IRA 168, 198

  Real IRA 193

  and Republic of Ireland 163

  Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB)

  and Easter Rising 121

  and Home Rule movement 85–6, 119

  and IRA 139

  and revolutionary nationalism 82, 91, 116, 118, 120

  and World War I 120

  Irish Tenant League 80–1

  Irish Transport Workers Union (ITWU) 118

  Irish Unionist Party 103

  Irish Volunteers 120–4

  see also Irish Republican Army (IRA)

  Irland und Europa project 18

  ‘Irregulars, The’ 139–40

  Jackson, Alvin xi, 108, 132, 134, 136

  Jackson, Kenneth 17

  Jackson, T.A. 106

  Jalland, Patricia 132

  James I of England and VI of Scotland 23–4

  James II of England and Ireland 26–7, 32, 207, 210

  Jaski, Bart 18

  Jenkins, Terry 107

  John XXIII, Pope 153, 208

  John, king of England 14

  Johnston, E.M. 37

  Joint Declaration (1993) 174–5

  ‘jumpers’ 65

  Kane, Anne 94

  Kee, Robert 93

  Kells, Book of 10

  Kells, synod (1152) 12

  Kenny, Enda 203

  Keogh, Dermot 159

  Kerr, Ronan 198

  Kiberd, Declan 130

  Kildare, Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th earl 16

  Kilmainham Treaty 88

  Kinealy, Christine 75

  kingdoms

  early 8, 19, 20

  and high king 9, 11, 14

  and Norman rule 13

  and Viking invasions 11

  labour movement

  and nationalism 116, 142

  and sectarianism 112

  Labour Party, British 119, 151, 190

  Labour Party, Irish 141, 154, 163, 164, 165, 172, 177, 203

  and New Ireland Forum 172

  labourers

  rural 52, 60, 78–9, 93, 110, 118, 149, 150, 208

  urban 53–4, 60, 118

  Ladies’ Land League 88

  laissez-faire policies 62, 63, 68, 69, 75, 76

  Lalor, James Finton 50

  Lancaster, House of 15–17

  Land Act

  1870 84, 95

  1881 88, 98, 101, 110

  1903 110

  land annuities 144

  Land League 82, 86–8, 92, 94, 98

  interpretations 91–4

  Land Purchase Act (1923) 142

  Land War (1879–82) 87–8, 94, 98, 101, 102, 210

  interpretations 91–4

  ‘Plan of Campaign’ 101

  landlords

  absentee 91–2

  boycotts of 92–3

  and effects of Famine 71, 78–9

  and Famine relief 64, 65, 67, 68

  and Home Rule movement 103

  and increase in holdings 79

  interpretations 91–4

  and Land League 86–7, 98

  and tenants 36, 38, 42, 49, 50, 56, 59, 60, 79, 85–6, 94, 110

  traditional view 91–2

  landownership

  by English 22, 35

  Catholic 22, 23, 25, 28, 41

  and employment 59

  in Free State 142

  and free trade in land 68

  and nationalism 49–50, 78–94, 99

  peasant 92

  Protestant 25, 80, 90, 103

  reforms 56, 81–2, 84, 116–17, 133

  in Republic of Ireland 155

  Larkin, James 118

  law, in early society 8, 19, 20

  League of Augsburg War (1689–97) 28

  League of Nations 147

  Lecky, W.E.H. 36

  Lee, Joseph 37, 92, 158–9

  Lemass, Sean 153, 155, 162

  Liberal Clubs 45

  Liberal Party

  and Famine of 1845–52 62–3, 65

  and Home Rule 85, 97, 99–101, 102, 103, 107, 116, 117, 118–19, 123

  and ‘Irish Brigade’ 81

  and land reform 85, 87

  and O’Connell 45–6, 49

  and Repeal movement 47, 48

  and unionists 100, 103, 132

  liberalism

  and history 3

  and interpretation of Home Rule movement 104–8

  Library of Ireland series 51

  Limerick, Treaty (1691) 27

  linen industry 112, 143, 150

  Catholics in 32

  expansion 31

  and mechanization 53, 60, 80

  literacy 111

  literature

  early 10, 17, 18–19

  and literary revival 112–15

  Lloyd George, David 123, 125–6

  Louis XIV of France 27, 28

  Lowry, Michael 204

  loyalism

  definition 5

  and Home Rule 99–101

  and terrorism 190, 191

  Lubenow, William 107

  Luby, Thomas Clarke 82

  Lydon, James 20

  Lynch, Jack 162–4

  Lynch, Patrick 128

  Lyons, F.S.L. 74, 106, 132, 187

  McAleese, Mary 206

  McAteer, Eddie 167

  McCaffrey, 57

  McCone, Kim 18

  McCreevey, Charlie 201

  MacDonagh, Oliver 57

  MacDonagh, Thomas 120

  McDowell, R.B. 37

  Macintyre, Angus 56

  MacLochlainn, Murtough 12

  MacMurrough, Dermot 12–13

  MacNeill, Eoin 19–20, 114, 122, 127

  McNeill, Ronald 135, 181

  Major, John 174, 190

  Mallon, Seamus 192

  Mansergh, Nicholas 105

  marching season see Orange Order, parades

  Martin, F.X. 127

  Marx, Karl 183

  Marxism, and interpretation of the Troubles 183, 184, 185

  Mary I of England 22

  Mary II of Britain and Ireland 27

  Matthew, Colin 107

  Maxwell, Sir John 122

  Mayhew, Patrick 174

  Maynooth College 54

  Maze prison 171

  Mellifont, battle (1603) 22, 23

  Methodism 55, 207

  migration see emigration; settlement

  Mitchel, John 49, 50, 56, 73, 75

  Mitchell, Senator George 190, 193

  monarchy

  and Éire 149

  and Irish Free State 145

  and Irish independence 31, 83, 117, 140

  and Northern Ireland 153

  monasteries 9–10, 11, 12, 14, 21�
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  Moody, T.W. 90, 185–6

  Morgan, Austen 129, 130

  Moriarty Tribunal (2011) 203–4

  Morley, John 104–5, 107

  Mountjoy, Charles Blount, 8th baron 22

  Murphy Commission 199–200

  Napoleonic Wars 41, 52, 59

  Nation, The 49–50

  National League (nineteenth century) 98, 101

  National League (Northern Ireland) 143

  National Literary Society 113

  National University of Ireland 118

  National Volunteers 120

  nationalism

  constitutional 41, 78–81, 82–4, 90, 93, 100, 106–7, 133, 175

  see also Butt, Isaac; Home Rule; Irish Parliamentary Party; O’Connell, Daniel

  cultural 91, 96, 112–20, 140

  definition 4–6

  and early Ireland 19–20

  and effects of Famine 80

  and Europe 200

  and history 2, 35–6, 45–6, 56, 140, 146

  and Home Rule 119–20, 130–1

  and interpretations of Famine 72–7

  of Home Rule 106, 130–1

  of the Troubles 180–1

  interpretations of 133–6, 157–8

  and landownership 49, 78–94, 99

  and language 71–2, 145

  militant 120–6, 134, 173

  and Connolly 118, 121–3

  and Fenianism 82–4, 88–9

  and Home Rule 83–4, 106, 133

  and Land League 86

  and Young Ireland 41, 49–51, 78

  see also Easter Rising; Irish Republican Army

  in Northern Ireland

  and Assembly 170, 172

  and civil rights 143

  and Good Friday Agreement 192

  and parliament 142–3

  and party politics 166–7

  and peace process 172–3, 174–5

  and united Ireland 150

  and socialism 90, 92, 116, 128, 129, 168–9, 201

  see also Easter Rising; Fenianism; Northern Ireland; Sinn Féin; Young Ireland

  Nationalist Party of Northern Ireland 143, 167

  nativism 17–18

  New Catholic Association 43

  ‘New English’ 22, 22

  New Ireland Forum 172

  Newsinger, John 91

  Ní Chatháin, Próinséas 18

  Nicholls, Kenneth 20

  Normans 12–14, 19, 20, 205

  North America, emigration to 58, 59, 66, 71, 86

  North-South Ministerial Council 191

  Northern Ireland

  1922–32 142–9

  1932–66 150–3

  and boundary commission 140

  and British troops 168–9

  and Catholic community 112, 143, 150, 152–3, 160, 166, 206

  and constitutional claims of Éire 130, 145, 149, 165, 180, 182, 191

  definition 4

  and devolved assembly proposals 165, 190

  direct rule 162, 170, 193

  establishment 140

  and infrastructure 198

  internal conflict interpretation 181, 183

  interpretations 134–6, 160

  and IRA activity 143, 152, 163, 168–9, 173, 182, 198

  and landownership 142

  Marxist interpretation 196

  parliament 138, 142–3

  and Republic of Ireland 153, 163, 170–1, 177–8, 190–2

  and Second World War 150

  and self-determination 174–5, 183, 191

  social policies 149–50

  traditional nationalist interpretation 181–3

  traditional unionist interpretation 184

  ‘Troubles’ (1966–82) 6, 105, 135, 166–72

  interpretations 180–8

  and peace process 173–5, 190–6

  see also agriculture; economy; industry; nationalism; parliament, Northern Ireland; Ulster; unemployment; unionism

  Northern Ireland Assembly 4, 170, 171, 192–8, 206

  and arms decommissioning 190–2

  elections 172, 192

  executive 193, 194

  Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association 166–7

  Northern Ireland Convention 170

  Nowlan, Kevin 56, 74

  O’Brien, Conor Cruise 185, 186

  O’Brien, George 35, 37

  O’Brien, R. Barry 105–6

  O’Brien, William 101, 110, 116, 117

  O’Brien, William Smith 50

  Ó Broin, Leon 90

  Ó Coisáin, Niall 76–7

  O’Connell, Daniel 36, 102, 116, 210

  and Catholic Association 41–2, 207

  and Catholic Emancipation 41–2, 45, 54, 56

  and Clare election (1828) 45

  and constitutional nationalism 41, 95

  and diversity in nationalism 133

  interpretations 56–8

  and Irish language 72

  as MP 45, 57

  and Protestantism 55

  and religion 57

  and repeal of Act of Union 46–9, 56, 80, 82, 95

  and Young Ireland 50, 51, 57

  O’Connell, Maurice 37, 57

  O’Connor, Rory 12–13

  Ó Corráin, Donnchadh 17

  O’Day, Alan xii, 107, 133

  O’Farrell, Patrick 92

  Official IRA 168

  Ó Gráda, Cormac 75, 76

  O’Grady, Standish James 113

  O’Leary, John 82, 83, 90, 113

  Omagh car bomb 193

  O’Mahoney, John 82

  O’Neill, Brian 14

  O’Neill, Hugh (Earl of Tyrone) 22, 23

  O’Neill, Terence 153, 167

  O’Neill, Thomas P. 56

  Orange Boys 32

  Orange Order

  banning 43, 49

  Catholic opposition to 42–3, 192–3

  foundation 32–3

  and Home Rule 99

  parades 150, 189, 190, 192, 196

  and unionism 46, 47, 143, 205

  ‘Orange Young Ireland’ group 96

  O’Rourke, Tiernán 12–13

  Orpen, Goddard Henry 19, 20

  O’Shea, Captain William Henry 101–2

  O’Shea, Katherine 102

  Otway-Ruthven, Jocelyn 20

  paganism 17

  Paisley, Ian 153, 166, 167, 182, 192, 193–4, 196, 197

  Pale, the 15, 16, 22

  Palladius, bishop 9

  Parades Commission 192

  paramilitary groups, and punishment beatings 190

  parliament, British 4

  and Catholic Emancipation 43, 44

  and Famine of 1845–52 48, 56, 62–72, 76

  and federalism 95

  and Home Rule 95, 99

  and Irish MPs 34, 40, 62, 81, 83–4, 98, 116–17

  and Irish parliament 30–31, 34, 96

  and Irish Parliamentary Party 81, 98

  and obstruction of business 98

  and Repeal movement 46–7

  and Sinn Féin MPs 123–4, 171, 172, 173

  and union 34–5, 40

  parliament, English 24, 25, 26, 27

  parliament, Irish

  and British parliament 30–1, 35–6, 100

  and Catholics 24, 28–30

  dual 123

  and Home Rule movement 96, 99

  under Normans 12–14

  and O’Connell 46

  Protestant control 24–5, 37

  in revisionist history 38

  under Stuarts 22–25

  under Tudors 21–2

  and union 34, 40

  parliament, Northern Ireland 142, 143, 149, 150

  suspension 162, 169

  Parnell, Anna 88

  Parnell, Charles Stewart 36, 58, 205

  arrest 88

  and Gaelic Athletic Association 115

  and Home Rule movement 85–6, 98–103, 105–6, 205

  and Irish Parliamentary Party 88, 116

  and Land League 86, 88, 98–9


  and Land War 86–8, 98–9, 101

  and landownership 50, 78–9, 86, 98

  and nationalism 133

  and private life 101–2

  and The Times 100

  partition 137–8, 140, 145

  economic effects 138

  interpretations 129, 131–2, 135, 181–3

  opposition to 123–5

  Patrick, St 9, 17

  Patten, Chris 191

  Patterson, Henry 160, 184

  Peace with Ireland Council 124

  Peace Movement (Peace People) 170

  Peace Rally (2011) 198

  Pearse, Patrick 114, 120–3, 132, 138

  interpretations 127, 129–30

  peasantry 35, 38, 88, 92, 93

  Peel, Sir Robert

  and Catholic Emancipation 45, 47–8

  and Famine of 1845–52 61–2, 75–6

  and Repeal movement 47

  Peep O’Day Boys 32

  Pemfret, J.E. 91

  Penal Laws 28–9, 32, 36–7, 41, 54, 207

  People’s Democracy movement 167

  Phoenix Park murders 88, 100

  phytophthera infestans (potato blight) 61, 69

  Pitt, William (‘the Younger’) 34, 40

  Pius XII, Pope 153, 208

  ‘plantation’ 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 182, 186, 206, 208

  Plunkett, Joseph Mary 120

  Police Service of Northern Ireland 198

  politics

  and effects of Famine 71–2

  and Emancipation 44–6

  and exclusion of Catholics 24–5, 28, 34, 41–2

  in Free State 140–2, 157–9

  and history 1–2, 4, 135

  and the land 78–94

  and religion 4–5, 54, 55–6

  in Republic of Ireland 176–7

  revisionist approach 38

  see also Catholic Emancipation; franchise

  Poor Law Extension Act (1847) 67–8, 75

  Poor Law Guardians 68

  population

  Anglo-Irish/Old English 21, 21–2, 34–5

  and effects of Famine 59, 78–9, 89

  Gaelic/native Irish 15, 16, 19, 20

  growth 29, 41, 51–2, 59, 165

  ‘New English’ 22–3

  over-population 59, 60, 62

  of Republic of Ireland 165

  post-revisionism

  and early Ireland 18, 19

  and Easter Rising 129–30

  and the Famine 74–5

  and interpretation of history 2, 3, 18–19

  potato cultivation 51, 60–2, 71

  and blight 58, 61–3, 67, 69, 71, 73

  and population growth 59

  see also Famine of 1845–52

  poverty

  Catholic 37

  relief measures 41, 67

  rural 29, 59, 60, 66–7

  urban 53–4, 111–12

  Power, John O’Connor 97

  Poyning’s Law 16, 30

  Poynings, Sir Edward 16

  Prager, Jeffrey 157–8

  prehistory 7–8

  Presbyterians 186, 187, 207

  and church organization 55

  and Famine relief 65

  and tithes 42, 46

  President (Republic of Ireland) 146

  prisoners, release 191

  Progressive Democrats (Republic) 176–7, 190, 201

  Protestant churches

  in Northern Ireland 143

 

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