The Politics of Repeal : : A Study in the Relations between Great Britain and Ireland, 1841–50 / / Kevin B. Nowlan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Nowlan, Kevin B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

This work is primarily concerned with the last great campaign in Daniel O'Connell's career and its impact on British and Irish politics. The eighteen-forties were marked by a formidable agitation to have the Act of Union repealed and an independent Irish legislature restored. In attacking the Union between Great Britain and Ireland, O'Connell encountered the sustained opposition of Sir Robert Peel and a study of the conflict between the two men is an important feature of the book. Dr. Nowlan also discusses the rise of the Young Ireland movement and the disputes between the Young Irelands and O'Connell. The political developments during the dark years of the Great Famine are examined and a close study is made of the events leading up to the Irish rebellion of 1848 and of the relations between Irish nationalists and French republicans during that year of revolutions. The Irish problems of the eighteen-forties had a direct influence on British politics throughout the period. Using a wide range of private and official papers, Dr. Nowlan analyses the changing attitudes of the Peel and Russell ministries to the challenge of repeal and to the social and religious grievances that lay behind the repeal agitation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- I PEEL AND IRELAND, 1841-2 -- II THE CHALLENGE OF REPEAL 1842-3 -- III CONSERVATIVE REFORM IN IRELAND, 1843-4 -- IV MAYNOOTH AND THE 'GODLESS COLLEGES', 1845 -- V THE THREAT OF FAMINE, 1845-6 -- VI A SEASON OF CRISIS, 1846-7 -- VII FAMINE AND POLITICS, 1847 (I) -- VIII FAMINE AND POLITICS, 1847 (II) -- IX THE WHIGS' IRISH POLICY, 1847-8 -- X THE REPEAL MOVEMENT IN 1848 -- XI THE END OF REPEAL -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX