The Political Thought of the Irish Revolution

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The Irish Revolution was a pivotal moment of transition for Ireland, the United Kingdom, and British Empire. A constitutional crisis that crystallised in 1912 electrified opinion in Ireland whilst dividing politics at Westminster. Instead of settling these differences, the advent of the First World War led to the emergence of new antagonisms. Republican insurrection was followed by a struggle for independence along with the partition of the island. This volume assembles some of the key contributions to the intellectual debates that took place in the midst of these changes and displays the vital ideas developed by the men and women who made the Irish Revolution, as well as those who opposed it. Through these fundamental texts, we see Irish experiences in comparative European and international contexts, and how the revolution challenged the durability of Britain as a global power. Frontmatter Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Bibliographical Essay Chronology of Events Biographies Note on the Texts 1909 1 Constance Markievicz, Women, Ideals and the Nation 1910 2 James Connolly, Labour in Irish History 1911 3 Arthur Griffith, from ‘Pitt’s Policy’ 4 Erskine Childers, from The Framework of Home Rule 1912 5 L. S. Amery, ‘Home Rule and the Colonial Analogy’ 6 Edward Carson, ‘Settlement of an Old Controversy’ 7 Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant 8 Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant (Women’s Declaration) 9 Thomas M. Kettle, ‘The Economics of Nationalism’ 1913 10 A. V. Dicey, from A Fool’s Paradise 11 Eoin MacNeill, ‘The North Began’ 12 Patrick Pearse, The Coming Revolution 1914 13 James Connolly, ‘Labour and the Proposed Partition of Ireland’ 14 James Connolly, ‘Our Duty in the Crisis’ 15 James Connolly, ‘A Continental Revolution’ 16 John Redmond, ‘Speech on the Suspensory Bill’ 1915 17 James Connolly, ‘A War for Civilization’ 18 James Connolly, from The Re-Conquest of Ireland 19 Patrick Pearse, ‘O’Donovan Rossa: Graveside Panegyric’ 1916 20 James Connolly, ‘What Is a Free Nation?’ 21 Proclamation of the Republic: Poblacht na h Éireann 22 Patrick Pearse, The Sovereign People 1917 23 Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, ‘State of Ireland’ 24 Horace Plunkett, A Defence of the Convention 1918 25 Louie Bennett, Ireland and a People’s Peace 26 Alice Stopford Green, Loyalty and Disloyalty: What it Means in Ireland 27 Alice Stopford Green, Ourselves Alone in Ulster 1920 28 Robert Lynd, ‘Ulster: The Facts of the Case’ 1921 29 Erskine Childers, Is Ireland a Danger to England? 30 Arthur Griffith, ‘Debate on Treaty’ 1922 31 Ronald McNeill, from Ulster’s Stand for Union Index