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The British monarchy and Ireland, 1800 to the present, by James Loughlin

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The British monarchy and Ireland

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722441719

by James Loughlin

1800 to the present

James Loughlin presents a comprehensive analysis of the relationship of the British monarchy with Ireland from 1800 to the present

Introduction: The monarchy, Ireland and the Union -- Part I. The Crown and O'Connellite Ireland -- Legitimacy, authority and emancipation -- Royalty and repeal -- Part II. Victorian Values -- Allegiance and illusion in the famine era -- Loyalty and localism -- Nationalist revival and royal responses -- Part III. Gladstonian Monarchism -- Ireland and the crown: the Gladstonian perspective -- Pursuing the Irish royal project -- The uncrowned king and national identity -- The first Home Rule bill: the monarchical dimension -- Part IV. Constructive Unionism and the crown -- Allegiance and agrarian struggle -- Welfare monarchism and conciliation -- Part V. Royalty and revolution -- Home Rule, crisis and the crown -- War and national transformation -- Part VI. The crown and independent Ireland -- The monarchy and Ireland in the Free State era -- Ireland and the new Elizabethan Age -- Conclusion