The Political Thought of the Irish Revolution

These texts demonstrate the diversity of opinion on the so-called 'Irish Question' in the final years of Anglo-Irish Union.

Richard Bourke (Edited by), Niamh Gallagher (Edited by)

9781108836678, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 May 2022

300 pages
22.2 x 14.4 x 2.9 cm, 0.694 kg

'rich and valuable' Conor McCarthy, Dublin Review of Books

The Irish Revolution was a pivotal moment of transition for Ireland, the United Kingdom, and British Empire. A constitutional crisis that crystallised in 1912 electrified opinion in Ireland whilst dividing politics at Westminster. Instead of settling these differences, the advent of the First World War led to the emergence of new antagonisms. Republican insurrection was followed by a struggle for independence along with the partition of the island. This volume assembles some of the key contributions to the intellectual debates that took place in the midst of these changes and displays the vital ideas developed by the men and women who made the Irish Revolution, as well as those who opposed it. Through these fundamental texts, we see Irish experiences in comparative European and international contexts, and how the revolution challenged the durability of Britain as a global power.

Acknowledgements
Introduction Richard Bourke
Bibliographical Essay
Chronology of Events
Biographies
Note on the Texts
1909: 1. Women, Ideals and the Nation Constance Markievicz
1910: 2. From Labour in Irish history James Connolly
1911: 3. From 'Pitt's Policy' Arthur Griffith
4. From the Framework of Home Rule Erskine Childers
1912: 5. 'Home Rule and the Colonial Analogy' L. S. Amery
6. 'Settlement of an Old Controversy' Edward Carson
7. Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant
8. Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant (Women's Declaration)
9. 'The Economics of Nationalism' Thomas M. Kettle
1913: 10. From A Fool's Paradise A.V. Dicey
11. 'The North Began' Eoin MacNeill
12. The Coming Revolution Patrick Pearse
1914: 'Labour and the Proposed Partition of Ireland' James Connolly
14. 'Our Duty in the Crisis' James Connolly
15. 'A Continental Revolution' James Connolly
16. 'Speech on the Suspensory Bill' John Redmond
1915: 17. 'A War for Civilization' James Connolly
18. From the Re-conquest of Ireland James Connolly
19. 'O'Donovan Rossa: Graveside Panegyric' Patrick Pearse
1916: 20. 'What is a Free Nation?' James Connolly
21. Proclamation of the Republic: Poblacht na h Éireann
22. The Sovereign People Patrick Pearse
1917: 23. 'State of Ireland' Hanna Sheehy Skeffington
24. A Defence of the Convention Horace Plunkett
1918: 25. Ireland and a People's Peace Louie Bennett
26. Loyalty and Disloyalty: What it Means in Ireland Alice Stopford Green
27. Ourselves Alone in Ulster Alice Stopford Green
1920: 28. 'Ulster the Facts of the Case' Robert Lynd
1921: 29. Is Ireland a Danger to England? Erskine Childers
30. 'Debate on Treaty' Arthur Griffith
1922: 31. From Ulster's Stand for Union Ronald McNeill
Index.

Subject Areas: Political science & theory [JPA], Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [HPCF], British & Irish history [HBJD1]