The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History
Author: Alvin Jackson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 801
Release: 2014-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199549346

Draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring together 36 leading scholars writing about 400 years of modern Irish history

Two Irelands Beyond the Sea

Two Irelands Beyond the Sea
Author: Lindsey Flewelling
Publisher: Reappraisals in Irish History
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 1786940450

Uncovers the transnational movement by Ireland's unionists as they worked to maintain the Union during the Home Rule era. The book explores the political, social, religious, and Scotch-Irish ethnic connections between Irish unionists and the United States as unionists appealed to Americans for support and reacted to Irish nationalism.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland
Author: Marc Mulholland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198825005

Since the plantation of Ulster in the 17th century, Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict - Catholic against Protestant, Republican against Unionist. This text explores the pivotal moments in this history.

Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland

Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland
Author: Lee A. Smithey
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-08-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195395875

Lee Smithey examines how symbolic cultural expressions in Northern Ireland, such as parades, bonfires, murals, and commemorations, provide opportunities for Protestant unionists and loyalists to reconstruct their collective identities and participate in conflict transformation.

The Twilight of Unionism

The Twilight of Unionism
Author: Geoffrey Bell
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2022-11-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1839766948

The fissures that have split the United Kingdom in the last decades have run through Northern Ireland. Since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the fragile peace has been threatened by Brexit, the rise and fall of the D U P and the failure of power-sharing arrangement between the main parties at the Stormont Assembly. As the very future of Northern Ireland is now in jeopardy, will Britain face up to its imperial legacy and address the deep inequalities that remain in the aftermath of the Troubles, and the uneven development of the 'New Ireland'? Geoffrey Bell offers an insightful history of Ulster Unionism from the 1960s to the present day. In recent years this has come to a crisis point. What is the future of the Union in the post-Brexit reality? How will the relationship between Northern Ireland and Westminster develop? Can the United Kingdom survive?

Northern Ireland at the Crossroads

Northern Ireland at the Crossroads
Author: M. Mulholland
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN:

Centred on the dramatic premiership of Terence O'Neill, Northern Ireland at the Crossroads examines the most hopeful decade for Ulster Unionism this century. O'Neill's bold ambition to reach out to catholics inspired optimism but also massive political instability. Though concerned with the drama and personalities of high politics, this book has much to say on popular attitudes in one of the world's most politicised societies. New light is shed on Paisleyism, discrimination and the civil rights movement.

Defenders of the Union

Defenders of the Union
Author: D.George Boyce
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134687435

Defenders of the Union is a concise and readable overview of the history and contentious politics of Unionism and the affect it has had on Anglo-Irish relations over the last two hundred years. It is an essential guide to this confusing topic and covers key areas such as: * definition of unionism * establishment of the union * Unionist literature * loyalists since 1972.

Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism Since the Anglo-Irish Agreement

Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism Since the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Author: Feargal Cochrane
Publisher: Cork University Press
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781859181386

In 1997 Feargal Cochrane provided the first comprehensive account of unionist politics from the Anglo-Irish Agreement through to the forum elections and multiparty talks of July 1996. In this new edition of Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism, an extra chapter takes the story forward from 1997 until the UUP leadership challenge of March 2000. The analysis concentrates on the trials and tribulations of unionist politics throughout this period, concentrating on the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) of 10 April 1998 and its faltering implementation. The chapter ends with some observations concerning the state of unionist politics today and the extent to which they have moved on since the first edition of the book was published.