The Irish Act of Union Bicentennial Essays
by Kelly, James; Geoghegan, Patrick; Brown, MichaelFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-05-01
Publisher(s): Irish Academic Press
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Summary
This book brings together thirteen of the leading historians of the period to investigate the political, social and cultural significance of the Irish Act of Union. Marking the bicentenary of the passage of the act, the contributors combine to provide an authoritative account of the state of the historical debate. Divided in four sections, the book investigates the origins of the act, its actual passage into legislation, the political debate which surrounded the act in Ireland and beyond, and the central role played by religious considerations in its final shaping. This book provides the results of recent research into the passing of the Union, and supplies the reader with an indispensable starting-point for understanding the significance of the 1801 union of Ireland with Britain.
Table of Contents
| Abbreviations | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| The Historiography of the Act of Union | p. 5 |
| The Injured Lady and Her British Problem | p. 37 |
| 'An Union for Empire': The Anglo-Irish Union as an Imperial Project | p. 50 |
| Political Anglicanism in Ireland 1691-1801: From the Language of Liberty to the Language of Union | p. 58 |
| Ulster Presbyterians and the Passing of the Act of Union | p. 68 |
| 'Like a Phoenix from its Ashes': United Irish Propaganda and the Act of Union | p. 84 |
| Dublin Castle and the Act of Union | p. 95 |
| The Failure of Opposition | p. 108 |
| The Irish House of Commons, 1799-1800 | p. 129 |
| Dublin after the Union: The Age of the Ultra Protestants, 1801-22 | p. 144 |
| Completing the Union? The Irish Novel and the Moment of Union | p. 157 |
| Appendices | |
| Members of the Irish House of Commons, 22 January 1799 | p. 177 |
| Members of the Irish House of Commons, 1800 | p. 184 |
| Irish MPs in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, 1801 | p. 192 |
| Notes | p. 195 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 233 |
| Index | p. 235 |
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