Ireland

Howard Amos interrogates a key text on colonialism and assesses its influence.

Richard English argues that historians have a practical and constructive role to play in today’s Ulster.

Orla Finnegan and Ian Cawood show that the reasons for Parnell’s fall in 1890 are not as straightforward as they may appear at first sight.

Bill Rolston describes the impact of an erstwhile slave, who toured the Emerald Isle speaking out against slavery in 1845.

Peter Neville surveys the growth of republicanism in Ireland to the present day.

Michael Morrogh explains why Gladstone took up the cause of Irish home rule and why his policies failed so tragically.

Michael Morrogh explains the significance of Lloyd George's answer to the Irish question.

Brian Griffin describes the forces that arose from the ashes of the Royal Irish Constabulary to face the very different problems of policing Ireland north and south.

In the aftermath of 1798 the British had to deal with thousands of political prisoners. Michael Durey traces the mixture of decisiveness, pragmatism and clemency with which they were treated.

June 1998 sees the 200th anniversary of an important challenge to British rule in Ireland. Here we trace the chain of events, and in the following two articles investigate, some key aspects of the story.

John Horgan examines the attempts by the new Irish Free State government to disarm the IRA at the end of the civil war in 1923 and the way in which the issue of the IRA arms dumps rumbled on in Irish politics for the next ten years. 

Sarah Foster offers a fascinating account of how Irish identity, with its sectarian implications, asserted itself in the manufacture and purchase of luxury goods.

Richard Cavendish remembers the events of May 16th, 1847.