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Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History (Paperback)
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Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History (Paperback)
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In 1842 a small group of Irish nationalists, who would later be
known as Young Ireland, founded the Nation newspaper. They saw
their mission as awakening the Irish people to the fact that they
were an historic nation that should determine its own future.
Ireland, they insisted, had a proud history, which told of
sufferings bravely endured, resistance that had never faltered and
a national spirit that had never been crushed. However, since
Ireland's history had mostly been written by its conquerors, the
true record of her past had been misrepresented, leading the Nation
to proclaim that 'The history of Ireland has not yet been written'.
Rectifying this was one of their most pressing tasks, to which they
devoted much of their labour. This work examines why Young Ireland
attached such importance to the writing of history, how it went
about writing that history, and what impact their historical
writings had. Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History deeply
explores the Young Ireland vision of history.Often selective and
polemical, but ultimately compelling and powerful, their vison
would inspire generations with a pride in Ireland's history, and
would set the scene for the revolutionary period 1916-21 that
followed.
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