From 1800 to 1922 the Irish Question was the most emotional and divisive issue in British politics. It pitted Westminster politicians, anti-Catholic British public opinion, and Irish Protestant and Pr
When Lawrence J. McCaffrey's The Irish Diaspora in America was published in 1976, it won rave reviews and quickly became the standard college and university text on the Irish-American experience. Name
Discusses how the Irish adapted to urban life in America, progressing from unskilled working class to solid middle class, and achieved both through politics and the Catholic Church, and looks at the r
Irish historians have minimized Daniel O'Connell's role in the Irish liberty movement in favor of later nationalist leaders, largely because of his failure in the 1843 movement for repeal of the Act o
In the third edition of their history of modern Ireland, Hachey (history, Boston College) and McCaffrey (history, Loyola University, Chicago) bring the story up to the end of 2009 and the declawing of
In the third edition of their history of modern Ireland, Hachey (history, Boston College) and McCaffrey (history, Loyola University, Chicago) bring the story up to the end of 2009 and the declawing of
