The Green Flag Volume 1-3: The Most Distressful Country, The Bold Fenian Men, Ourselves Alone,9780140291650

The Green Flag Volume 1-3: The Most Distressful Country, The Bold Fenian Men, Ourselves Alone

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ISBN13: 9780140291650
ISBN10: 0140291652
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary

Covering Irish history from the beginnings of Irish Nationalism through 1973, Robert Kee's treatment ranges from the Protestant Plantations through Wolfe Tone and the Great Famine to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State. His authoritative and comprehensive history is masterly in its detail and judicious analysis. A classic in its field, this is essential reading for anyone attempting to understand the complex historical forces that have shaped Ireland.

Author Biography

Robert Kee is the author of twelve books, including The Laurel and the Ivy. He is also a freelance journalist and broadcaster, and has worked for many years in both radio and television.

Table of Contents

PART ONE WHO WERE IRISHMEN?
Treaty Night
3(3)
Contradictions of Irish Nationality
6(3)
Strongbow (1170) to the Ulster Plantation (1609)
9(6)
Great Rebellion (1641) to Penal Laws (1703)
15(6)
Majority Living (1703-1880)
21(7)
Minority Politics, 18th Century
28(13)
PART TWO THE FIRST IRISH REPUBLICANS
Ireland and the French Revolution
41(5)
Wolfe Tone and Samuel Neilson
46(8)
United Irishmen and Defenders
54(9)
French Contacts
63(5)
Defenders and Orangemen
68(7)
Bantry Bay
75(10)
United Irishmen in Trouble
85(6)
New French Preparations
91(6)
Repression, 1798
97(11)
Rebellion in Wexford
108(14)
Collapse of United Irishmen
122(10)
The French Landing
132(17)
PART THREE THE UNION
The Making of the Union
149(12)
Robert Emmet's Fall and Rise
161(9)
The Failure of the Union
170(9)
Daniel O'Connell and Catholic Emancipation
179(8)
The Repeal Debate
187(6)
O'Connell and Davis
193(9)
`Monster Meetings'
202(10)
Biding Time After Clontarf
212(9)
O'Connell's Imprisonment and After
221(11)
More `Monster Meetings'
232(11)
Repeal, Famine and Young Ireland
243(13)
The Irish Confederation
256(14)
Smith O'Brien's `Rising' 1848
270(20)
The Corpse on the Dissecting Table
290(9)
Beginnings of the Fenian Movement
299(12)
James Stephens at Work
311(9)
Stephens in and Out of Trouble
320(10)
1867: Bold Fenian Men
330(11)
The Manchester Martyrs
341(10)
PART FOUR THE TRAGEDY OF HOME RULE
Beginnings of Home Rule
351(13)
Parnell and the Land Crisis
364(12)
Parnell and Home Rule
376(15)
The Orange Card
391(14)
Parnell's Fall
405(8)
Second Home Rule Bill: Orangemen at Play
413(9)
Nationalists at Ease
422(4)
Growth of National Consciousness
426(12)
Arthur Griffith and Sinn Fein
438(23)
Asquith and the Third Home Rule Bill
461(17)
Ulster Volunteers
478(6)
The Liberal Nerve Begins to Fail
484(13)
Volunteers and Home Rule
497(16)
Volunteers and the European War
513(17)
The `Sinn Fein' Volunteers
530(8)
Casement in Germany
538(10)
The Dublin Rising, 1916
548(25)
Executions and Negotiations
573(18)
PART FIVE OURSELVES ALONE
Rebellion to De Valera's Election at Clare (July 1917)
591(13)
The New Sinn Fein (July 1917-April 1918)
604(14)
Conscription Crisis to General Election (December 1918)
618(11)
Sinn Fein in a Vacuum (January-May 1919)
629(12)
Michael Collins and Others (April-December 1919)
641(10)
The Campaign of Killing (1919-20)
651(15)
Enter Black and Tans (1920)
666(16)
Murder by the Throat (1920)
682(16)
War and Truce (1921)
698(21)
Treaty (1921)
719(13)
Nemesis (1922-3)
732(16)
Epilogue
748(5)
References 753(70)
Select Bibliography 823(18)
Index 841

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