History and the public sphere : essays in honour of John A. Murphy / edited by Tom Dunne and Laurence M. Geary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dunne, Tom, 1939-

Geary, Laurence M.

Murphy, John A., 1927-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murphy, John A., 1927-2022.

Murphy, John A.

Ireland.

Ireland--History.

History.

Ireland--Civilization.

Civilization.

Ireland--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Essays.

Physical Description:

282 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cork : Cork University Press, [2005]

Summary:

History and the Public Sphere: Essays in Honour of John A. Murphy honours the important contribution both to historical scholarship and to Irish public life by John A. Murphy, former Professor of Irish History at University College Cork, independent member of the Irish Senate during a turbulent period, and an influential contributor to public debate over many decades, especially in relation to the crisis in Northern Ireland.

Thus, his festschrift features academic essays by former students, Maurice Bric, Liam Irwin, Maura Cronin and Laurence M. Geary, together with essays and tributes from former colleagues, Joe Lee, Desmond Clarke and Tom Dunne. These reflect Professor Murphy's own diverse research interests, ranging from seventeenth-century politics and ideology, to nineteenth-century religion and society, to twentieth-century nationalism. Contributions by Emmet Larkin, Lawrence J. McCaffrey, James S. Donnelly Jr., and Owen Dudley Edwards celebrate key friendships and honour his role in promoting Irish Studies in the United States of America and Great Britain, and in establishing the Irish Studies International Summer School at U.C.C. His daughter, Cliona, herself a well-known historian, also contributes. Professor Murphy's political career is reflected in offerings by Conor Cruise O'Brien and Eoghan Harris, while a poem by Paul Durcan, reflections on Irish traditional music by Tomas O Canainn and an engaging memoir by Ruth Dudley Edwards and Una O'Donoghue mark other aspects of the public man.

The listing of John A. Murphy's publications includes his more important newspaper and periodical contributions, his Senate and other significant public speeches, as well as his scholarly writings.

Contents:

Section 1 John A. Murphy

Honoris Causa / Sean O Coileain 7

A Personal Appreciation / J.J. Lee 9

Message from Conor Cruise O'Brien 13

Canon James O. Hannay Pays a Return Visit to the Old Rectory, Westport, County Mayo, October 8, 2000 / Paul Durcan 15

John A. Murphy: The Singer and the Song / Ruth Dudley Edwards, Una O'Donoghue 17

John A. Murphy / Scholarly Publications, Newspaper, Periodical Contributions, Senate Speeches, Other Addresses 30

Section 2 Essays

One Commonwealth, Three Nations: The Concept of a Nation in English Republican Thought 1640-80 / Desmond M. Clarke 43

Personalities and Politics: The Presidency of Munster and the Lords Lieutenant 1660-72 / Liam Irwin 56

Daniel O'Connell and the Debate on Anti-Slavery, 1820-50 / Maurice J. Bric 69

The Beginning of the Irish Effort to Provide for the Roman Catholic Foreign Missions before the Famine / Emmet Larkin 83

Nova Scotia, Ireland and the British Empire in the Writings of Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, 1829-46 / Cliona Murphy 100

Young Ireland in Cork, 1840-49 / Maura Cronin 114

Anticipating Memory: Landlordism, Agrarianism and Deference in Late-Nineteenth-Century Ireland / Laurence M. Geary 127

Whence Parnell? / Owen Dudley Edwards 140

Daniel Corkery's The Hidden Ireland and the Politics of the Gaelic World / Tom Dunne 161

To the New World and back with Pipes, Fiddle and Flute: The Transmission of Irish Traditional Music / Tomas O Canainn 176

The Revival of Knock Shrine / James S. Donnelly Jnr. 186

Church or Nation: An Irish-American Dilemma / Lawrence J. McCaffrey 201

Unionism and the Mass Media / Eoghan Harris 213

Tabula Gratulatoria 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index.

ISBN:

1859183921

OCLC:

60842442