McCaul, Oliver Patrick
(2002)
The divided political landscape of County Cavan
1912-1922.
Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
This thesis as its title suggests explores the political landscape of County Cavan in the
early part of the last century. These were years of major political upheaval in Ireland.
The country was in the process of reinventing itself both culturally and politically and
in Cavan the forces that drove these changes were clearly manifested. In 1912 County
Cavan was and integral part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain a mere ten years
later it was the northern frontier of the newly formed Irish Free State.
Between the years of 1912 and 1922 Ireland experienced two simultaneous
revolutions. The Catholics of Ireland were on the main nationalists and their long
struggle toward self determination and independence rapidly gathered pace during this
period. In response to this the Protestants of Ireland who espoused a British identity
created a movement known as Unionism dedicated to preserving the union with Great
Britain. The demographic religious make up of Ireland resulted in Unionists being
most concentrated in the north of Ireland in the province of Ulster, while nationalism
predominated in the other three provinces. Geography therefore became central to
both ideologies. While nationalists insisted on national determination on an all Ireland
basis, Unionists in the north of the country fostered an Ulster Unionist identity that
sought to exclude all Ulster from any form of Irish independence.
| Item Type: |
Thesis
(Masters)
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| Keywords: |
County Cavan;
1912-1922; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > History |
| Item ID: |
5195 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
17 Jul 2014 12:54 |
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