Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the era of Joe Devlin, 1871-1934

Catholic Belfast and Nationalist Ireland in the era of Joe Devlin, 1871-1934 /

This text offers a re-interpretation of Irish political history in the partition era from the perspective of the losers. It is a general text covering 50 years of Irish political history, as well as a case study of Catholic Belfast and a biography of Joe Devlin.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Hepburn, A. C. (Anthony C.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
Subjects:
Devlin, Joseph, > 1871-1934.
Catholics > Northern Ireland > Belfast > History > 19th century.
Catholics > Northern Ireland > Belfast > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Northern Ireland > Belfast > History.
Religion and politics > Northern Ireland > Belfast > History.
Belfast (Northern Ireland) > History.
Northern Ireland > Politics and government.
Electronic book.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • North and south
  • 'Prisoners of the city': Catholic Belfast in the late nineteenth century
  • A minority divided, 1890-1908
  • The organizer of spontaneity
  • 'A theatre where we may expose the wrongs of Ireland': parliamentarian
  • 'The real chief secretary': centre stage, 1910-1914
  • Belfast, Ireland, and the war, 1914-1918
  • 'Bloodshed and partition': war in Ireland, 1919-1922
  • The stage contracts: Northern Ireland, 1922-1934
  • Conclusion: 'The Ulster question is a Belfast City question'.

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