Young Ireland and the writing of Irish history / James Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, James, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young Ireland movement.

Physical Description:

vii, 227 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Young Ireland & the writing of Irish history

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland : University College Dublin Press, 2015.

Summary:

In 1842 a small group of Irish nationalists, who would later be known as Young Ireland, founded The Nation newspaper. They saw their mission as awakening the Irish people to the fact that they were an historic nation that should determine its own future. Ireland, they insisted, had a proud history, which told of sufferings bravely endured, resistance that had never faltered and a national spirit that had never been crushed. However, since Ireland's history had mostly been written by its conquerors, the true record of her past had been misrepresented, leading The Nation to proclaim that 'The history of Ireland has not yet been written'. Rectifying this was one of their most pressing tasks, to which they devoted much of their labour. This work examines why Young Ireland attached such importance to the writing of history how it went about writing that history, and what impact their historical writings had. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Laying the Foundations the Nation, Education and Temperance 11

2 Reading History Contemporary Authors, Antiquarians and Foreign Influences 24

3 Writing History 42

4 The Uses of History 60

5 Making History 81

6 The History of Their Own Times Memoirs, Journals and Polemics 100

7 Continuities from the Celtic Union to Griffith's 'Ballad History' 118

8 The Legacy of Young Ireland's Writings 134.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-221) and index.

ISBN:

1906359881

9781906359881

OCLC:

903635767