The British monarchy and Ireland : 1800 to the present / James Loughlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loughlin, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Ireland--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Monarchy.

Ireland.

History.

Nationalism--Ireland--History--20th century.

Monarchy--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Monarchy--Ireland.

Ireland--Politics and government--19th century.

Politics and government.

Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Ireland--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

International relations.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Ireland.

Physical Description:

xv, 398 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This is a broad-ranging political and social history of the relationship of the British monarchy with Ireland from 1800 to the present. James Loughlin demonstrates how this relationship was shaped by the personalities of individual monarchs and by government policies in Ireland, especially during the nineteenth century when the state sought to quell Irish demands for independence. The study takes account not only of nationalist Ireland, but also of Ulster loyalism; considers the function of royal ritual and spectacle in engaging Irish popular opinion; and assesses royal allegiance within the context of both Government policies in Ireland and of the Irish Viceroyalty, the British monarchy's surrogate presence. The analysis moves through to the present day, examining the monarchy's role in facilitating Anglo-Irish conciliation following the end of violent conflict in Northern Ireland. This comprehensive account makes an important contribution to the history of Anglo-Irish relations, the monarchy, nationalism, unionism and the politics of identity.

Contents:

Introduction: the monarchy, Ireland and the Union 1

Part I The crown and O'Connellite Ireland 13

1 Legitimacy, authority and emancipation 15

2 Royalty and repeal 39

Part II Victorian values 55

3 Allegiance and illusion in the famine era 57

4 Loyalty and localism 78

5 Nationalist revival and royal responses 101

Part III Gladstonian monarchism 123

6 Ireland and the crown: the Gladstonian perspective 125

7 Pursuing the Irish royal project 148

8 The uncrowned king and national identity 168

9 The first Home Rule bill: the monarchical dimension 196

Part IV Constructive Unionism and the crown 215

10 Allegiance and agrarian struggle 217

11 Welfare monarchism and conciliation 241

Part V Royalty and revolution 269

12 Home Rule, crisis and the crown 271

13 War and national transformation 297

Part VI The crown and independent Ireland 323

14 The monarchy and Ireland in the Free State era 325

15 Ireland and the new Elizabethan age 356.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521843720

0521843723

OCLC:

166626189