Hill, Jacqueline
(2001)
Irish Identities Before and After the Union.
Radharc, 2.
pp. 51-73.
ISSN 1531-7293
Abstract
his paper considers how recent research is changing our perceptions of
Irish identities in the eighteenth century. It assesses how those identities were
affected by the upheavals of the 1790s and the Act of Union of 1800 and offers
some reflections on how far those changes were the result of the Union or of
broader factors at work.
In the autumn of 1798, the British government brought forward a proposal
for a legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland. It was presented as
the solution to a number of Ireland's ills, above all to the differences and
divisions that had recently culminated in rebellion in 1798. A Union would,
among other things, restore harmony and stability in Ireland by offering a new
context for the solution of one of the most contentious political issues in the
1790s: the Catholic question. In a United Kingdom, Irish Protestants would be
reassured by being part of an overwhelmingly Protestant population, and
would consequently be prepared to accept the extension of full political rights
to Catholics in place of the partial enfranchisement that had existed since
1793.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Irish Identities; before; after; Act of Union; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > History |
| Item ID: |
13864 |
| Depositing User: |
Jacqueline Hill
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| Date Deposited: |
22 Jan 2021 11:47 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Radharc |
| Publisher: |
Glucksman Ireland House |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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