United Kingdom?

The rich kaleidoscope of Anglo-Irish relations is exciting and challeging but can also be
daunting for students approaching the subject for the first time.

This is especially true of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the whole island
of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom and sent representatives to the Westminster
parliament.

Teachers - and more importantly students - have found helpful an overview of Ireland
under the union: 'Ireland under the Union: Change & Diversity'.

The division into sub-periods helps them to appreciate the dynamics of Anglo-Irish relations.

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Nationalism versus localism

Diversity of identity
The ‘national question’

Diversity of identity

   Rebellion & Union, 1798-1801
   Quiescence, 1801-23
   The ‘Age of O’Connell’, 1823-47
   Rampant localism, 1847-67

The ‘national question’

Home rule movement, 1870-1918

Election results, 1868 and 1886

Parnell & the Land League crisis

       Irish Unionism
       Ulster Unioinism
       Anglo-Irish relations

Irish Republicans, 1914-21
Partition

Diversity & peace

National aspirations, local realities
Partition & peace in Ireland?

More notes on Ireland under the Union

Act of Union	Gladstone & Ireland
Catholic Emancipation	Losing Ireland
Daniel OConnell	Britain & the Union
Rural Unrest

Ireland in Schools

Making learning fun & challenging