John Redmond
John Redmond

Author: Dermot Meleady

Publisher: Merrion Press

Published: 2018-02-19

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1785371576

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Irish nationalist leader John Redmond left no diaries or memoirs, but was a prolific letter-writer. In John Redmond: Selected Letters and Memoranda, 1880–1918, Dermot Meleady skilfully edits Redmond’s correspondence to offer new and first-hand perspectives on key moments in Ireland’s history via the many-faceted postbag of one of its most able political figures. Spanning four decades, these letters to and from key figures such as John Dillon, William O’Brien, David Lloyd George and Herbert Asquith trace Parnell’s downfall, the reunification of the Irish Parliamentary Party, Irish participation in the First World War and the destruction of Redmond’s lifelong dream of Home Rule in the aftermath of the Easter 1916 rebellion. Redmond’s untimely death in 1918, after a wave of shocks and disappointments, marked a sadly premature end to an immense personality as well as the end of an era, but this book brings to life many of the episodes of the vibrant politics of his period. Above all, it gives Redmond back his own voice, allowing him to speak directly to us from a century ago and to correct some of the caricature to which he has sometimes been reduced in the popular memory and academic discourse.

The Book of Irish Golf
The Book of Irish Golf

Author: John Redmond

Publisher: Pelican Publishing

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781565543270

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Explores the origins of golf in Ireland, including the legendary courses and players of this hugely popular sport.

John Redmond
John Redmond

Author: Dermot Meleady

Publisher: Merrion Press

Published: 2018-02-05

Total Pages: 780

ISBN-13: 1908928409

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Dermot Meleady's authoritative second part of his full-length biography of John Redmond, the first to be published in 80 years, begins in 1901 shortly after his election as chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party in the Westminster Parliament, and ends with his death in 1918. The book details Redmond's reconstruction of the Party following its reunification after the destructive decade-long Parnell split, and his refashioning of it as a political weapon for winning Irish Home Rule. It follows his role in successfully passing the Conservatives 1903 Land Purchase Act which greatly accelerated the transfer of land ownership from Irish landlords to Irish farmers. His successes and failures in the years of the 1906 10 Liberal Government are also fully documented, but when the Liberals move in 1911 to remove the House of Lords veto, the stage is set for the passage of the third Home Rule Bill, the paramount goal of Redmond s endeavours. The events of the following turbulent five years the increasingly militant resistance of Ulster Unionism to Home Rule, the outbreak of the Great War and the unforeseen Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 as much a blow against Home Rule as against British rule cast him down from triumphant prime-minister-in waiting to the status of Ireland s lost leader. Through exhaustive research in Redmond's personal papers, Dermot Meleady has produced the definitive story of one of the most tragic figures in twentieth-century Irish political history.

Judging Redmond and Carson
Judging Redmond and Carson

Author: Alvin Jackson

Publisher: Judging

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781908996930

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Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A CHRONOLOGY OF TWO LIVES -- INTRODUCTION: DUAL BIOGRAPHY -- 1. PRIVATE LIVES -- 2. LAND AND LAW (1879-1929) -- 3. UNITY AND MARGINALITY (1890-1910) -- 4. THE DIMENSIONS OF HOME RULE (1911-1925) -- 5. THE GREAT WAR (1914-18) -- 6. IMAGE, MEMORY AND COMMEMORATION -- ENDNOTES -- IMAGE CREDITS -- INDEX

A Normal Skin
A Normal Skin

Author: John Burnside

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-11-30

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 1448114268

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From memories of childhood and personal loss to the quiet celebration of a lover's navigational skills, from meditations on nature and sexuality to the fantasy world of aquarium fish, the poems in A NORMAL SKIN cover a wide range: lyrical in tone, and highly visual, they express once again the poet's sense of wonder at the world, while exploring some new preoccupations, including love and identity the tension between masking and self-revelation, and the writer's pleasure at returning to Scotland after a long absense. Most significant, however, is the continuing exploration of the relationship between self and other, and of the constant shifting of territory and boundaries, seen through the prism of love and home.

Redmond
Redmond

Author: Chris Dooley

Publisher: Gill Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 9780717165827

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This work charts the change in nationalist politics over the course of seven pivotal years in Irish history, from 1910 to 1917, providing a new and much-needed perspective on the events beyond the Easter Rising. Written in the present tense, it conveys the immediacy of the political drama of those tumultuous years. It looks especially at John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party and a politician left behind by the tide of history.

The Princeton History of Modern Ireland
The Princeton History of Modern Ireland

Author: Richard Bourke

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2016-01-12

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 0691154066

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An accessible and innovative look at Irish history by some of today's most exciting historians of Ireland This book brings together some of today's most exciting scholars of Irish history to chart the pivotal events in the history of modern Ireland while providing fresh perspectives on topics ranging from colonialism and nationalism to political violence, famine, emigration, and feminism. The Princeton History of Modern Ireland takes readers from the Tudor conquest in the sixteenth century to the contemporary boom and bust of the Celtic Tiger, exploring key political developments as well as major social and cultural movements. Contributors describe how the experiences of empire and diaspora have determined Ireland’s position in the wider world and analyze them alongside domestic changes ranging from the Irish language to the economy. They trace the literary and intellectual history of Ireland from Jonathan Swift to Seamus Heaney and look at important shifts in ideology and belief, delving into subjects such as religion, gender, and Fenianism. Presenting the latest cutting-edge scholarship by a new generation of historians of Ireland, The Princeton History of Modern Ireland features narrative chapters on Irish history followed by thematic chapters on key topics. The book highlights the global reach of the Irish experience as well as commonalities shared across Europe, and brings vividly to life an Irish past shaped by conquest, plantation, assimilation, revolution, and partition.