The Irish Act of Union: A Study in High Politics, 1798-1801
Language: English
Published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd (edition ), 1999
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- Title
- The Irish Act of Union: A Study in High Politics, 1798-1801
- Author
- Geoghegan, Patrick M.
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd (edition )
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0717128830
- ISBN 13
- 9780717128839
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The Union was an act of arrogance. It was arrogantly conceived, and executed with the ruthless inefficiency that characterised much of government activity in the period. The year 2000 marks the bicentenary of the passing of the Irish Act of Union, a piece of legislation that ended the Irish parliament and in doing so became one of the defining events for the modern Irish political nation. The 19th century became dominated by attempts to repeal the Union, and even in the 20th century much of the violence on the island was between competing groups who want to end, mend, or ultimately defend the measure.
This book is an examination of the reasons behind the introduction of the Union, why Prime Minister Pitt was so anxious to see it pass, and how the British government did everthing necessary to ensure it succeeeded. The account follows on from G.C. Bolton's study 'The passing of the Irish Act of Union' (1966), and includes an analysis of new secret service papers that were only discovered in 1996.
Catholic emancipation was also entwined in the Union debate: Pitt wanted to allow the catholics to vote and sit in parliament, but an unwilling king, and the machinations of a group of anti-catholic conspirators ended up destabilising the government in the critical period of late-1800. Ultimately, Pitt resigned and his ministry was broken ensuring that the Act of Union never became the inclusive measure he had intended.
This book endeavours to tell the story of what happened between 1798 and 1801. It is an investigation of the high politics of the period, and an examination of the unusual circumstances that saw the abolition of the Irish parliament and the collapse of the British government.
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