The Act of Union

The Cause of Ireland, from the United Irishmen to Partition Liz Curtis

(Beyond the Pale Publications, £12.95) (3:1) Reviewed by Tony Canavan In the wake of the revisionist/anti-revisionist debate in Irish history, one approaches any book with a title like The Cause of Ireland with a certain trepidation, especially when the author’s previous works include Ireland: the Propaganda War. What one is afraid of is a romanticised … Read more

British High Politics and Nationalist Ireland, Margaret O’Callaghan and Ideology and the Irish Question, Paul Bew

British High Politics and Nationalist Ireland: criminality, land and the law under Foster and BalfourMargaret O’Callaghan(Cork University Press, £30hb, £15.95pb) Ideology and the Irish Question: Ulster Unionism and Irish Nationalism 1912-1916Paul Bew (Clarendon Press, £20) Reviewed by Martin Mansergh In Ireland, history is ideology. Over the last few decades, historians of different tendencies have sought … Read more