Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Union: Ireland in the 1790s [Hardcover]

The essays in this collection focus on United Irish propaganda and organisation before and during the 1798 rebellion.This volume of essays explores United Irish propaganda and organisation, and looks at the forces of revolution before and during the 1798 rebellion. Its scope ranges from high to low politics, and it covers subjects from literary propaganda to art history and the history of religion. It also differs from earlier 'bicentenary' volumes by shedding new light upon 'counter-revolution', repression, and the state, and by shifting the chronological centre of gravity away from 1798 towards the immediate aftermath and the longer-term consequences.This volume of essays explores United Irish propaganda and organisation, and looks at the forces of revolution before and during the 1798 rebellion. Its scope ranges from high to low politics, and it covers subjects from literary propaganda to art history and the history of religion. It also differs from earlier 'bicentenary' volumes by shedding new light upon 'counter-revolution', repression, and the state, and by shifting the chronological centre of gravity away from 1798 towards the immediate aftermath and the longer-term consequences.This volume of essays explores United Irish propaganda and organization, and looks at the forces of revolution before and during the 1798 rebellion. Its scope ranges from high to low politics, and it covers subjects from literary propaganda to art history and the history of religion. It also differs from earlier bicentenary volumes by shedding new light on counter-revolution, repression, and the state, and by shifting the chronological center of gravity away from 1798 toward the immediate aftermath and the longer-term consequences.Introduction; 1. The 1798 rebellion in its eighteenth-century contexts Jim Smith; 2. The politics of crisis and rebellion, 17928 Louis Cullen; 3. The magistracy and counter-revolution in Ulster, 17958 Nancy J. Curtin; 4. The shift in United Irish leadelÃÉ