Were the United Irishmen nationalists?
The United Irishmen were united in their goal to secure “an equal representation of all the people” in a “national government.” Although protestant in origin, …
The United Irishmen were united in their goal to secure “an equal representation of all the people” in a “national government.” Although protestant in origin, …
The Norman Conquest of 1066 brought to the British Isles the Jews, a group of alien inhabitants who to begin with went largely unnoticed by …
In June 1997, Prime Minister Tony Blair issued an apology on Britain’s behalf for what he deemed at least partial perpetration in the deaths that …
The question of what constitutes a popular uprising arguably encapsulates one of the most pressing themes that surrounds today’s so-called ‘culture war’. The ‘right’ – if …
Of all the strains of Jacobitism, that from Scotland could perhaps be termed most akin to a ‘national movement’. It is not immediately obvious why …
The ‘bloodless’ revolutions of 1689 are deserving of their name; no more than 12 deaths occurred in the period from early December 1688 to mid-March …
There are two dimensions to the question of Unionism; the first relates to how far discussion of Union in any shape or form was dominated …