Ireland since 1800

The second edition of this bestselling survey of modern Irish history covers social, religious as well as political history and offers a distinctive combination of chronological and thematic approaches.

Map.   Introduction.   PART ONE UNDER STRAIN: FROM UNION TO FAMINE.   1. Politics: O'Conell Innovation and Ambiguity.   2. Society: Agrarian Crisis and Population Collapse.   3. Religion: The Birthpangs of Modernity.   PART TWO WINNERS AND LOSERS: FROM FAMINE TO PARTITION.   4. Society: Agricola Victor.   5. Politics: Nationalism and Localism.   6. Religion: Triumphs and Stockades.   PART THREE PROMISED LANDS: IRELAND SINCE 1921.   7. Politics: An Island Now Formally Divided.   8. Society: Stagnation, Boom, Slump, Boom.   9. Religion: Piety and its Spoils.   Bibliography.   Index.