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Michael Davitt is known as the 'Father of the Land League'. His
story of suffering and self-sacrifice, childhood eviction and
exile, youthful radicalism, harsh imprisonment and eventual triumph
over adversity ensures his memory in the pages of history. His
early life and role in the Land League have been well-served by
historians; however, his mature years remain largely in the shade.
This book uncovers Davitt above and beyond the Land League. Michael
Davitt after the Land League brings Davitt's later story back into
the light by exploring his career in the 24 years between his
leadership of the Land League and his death in 1906. Davitt expert
Dr Carla King unveils the leading themes in Davitt's life post Land
League: education, nationalism and democracy, prison reform,
imperialism, international affairs, the women's question and the
labour movement. His continued dedication to the land question and
Irish affairs are demonstrated through his focus on Home Rule, the
Plan of Campaign and the United Irish League. His extensive travels
abroad from Western Europe to the United States, the Middle East,
Russia, Australia, and beyond reveal an awakening internationalist
outlook.His passion for international affairs from Anglo-American
relations, British imperialism to the Boer War and Russia's
treatment of its Jewish population are all here, rich in the
telling. King thoroughly delves into the role of Davitt as a public
intellectual: assessing how his books, journalistic writing and
participation in many of the leading debates of his time gave voice
to a strand of radical, Secular, anti-imperialist nationalism-that
put him in many respects ahead of his time. Without considered
attention to his later years, King asserts, we fail to grasp the
extensive scale of Davitt's deep imprint on the evolution of modern
Ireland. With extensive archival research including Davitt's own
papers, Michael Davitt after the Land League demonstrates that
while the formation and leadership of the Land League was a vital
contribution to Ireland, it was far from being Davitt's only
legacy.
"Michael Davitt: From the Gaelic American" tells the story of a
collaboration between two giants of late nineteenth-century Irish
nationalism: John Devoy and Michael Davitt, in the formulation of
the New Departure and the early emergence of the land agitation.
Devoy (1842-1928), a Fenian who assisted James Stephens in his
escape from Richmond prison, only later to be imprisoned himself
for administering the Fenian oath, was to spend most of his adult
life in exile in the United States. He was a leading figure in Clan
na Gael and a journalist for the "New York Herald" and later edited
the "Gaelic American", in which this account of Davitt was
serialised. Michael Davitt (1846-1906), once a major figure in the
Irish Republican Brotherhood went on to found the Irish National
Land League. Although both men shared similar hopes for the Irish
nation their methods and approaches were to diverge, and they fell
out in 1882. This memoir is particularly informative for the period
between 1878 and 1880, when the New Departure was initiated.
However, Devoy asserts that Davitt remained more loyal to the
Fenian ideals than most of his contemporaries recognised.
Land has been a dominant theme in modern Irish history, extending
to political and cultural issues as well as permeating social and
economic ones.
The essays in Parnell and His Island caused outrage in Ireland when
first published in the French newspaper Le Figaro in 1886. They
were published in English in book form the following year and
represent Moore's interpretation of life in Ireland in the early
1880s, written in his combative and naturalistic style. In some
respects the work addresses similar themes and can be seen as a
companion piece to his famous novel, A Drama in Muslin. Moore, the
eldest son of a Catholic landlord and Home Rule MP, spares neither
landlords nor tenants, priests or nationalists in his narrative.
Yet his depictions of the Irish landscape are often lyrical and
memorable and he gives a vivid impression of the atmosphere of the
country in the short period between the Land War and the Plan of
Campaign. Until the publication of this edition Parnell and His
Island was a rare book. Some sections included in the original
French version, but expurgated by the English publisher, have been
restored here, with translations, in the notes.
Michael Davitt (1846-1906), was an important figure in Irish
history. Active in the Fenian movement he was arrested in 1870 by
the British and imprisoned for seven years. After his release he
continued his efforts and founded the Land League. Once again he
was arrested and sent to prison in England. While in solitary
confinement he wrote a number of pieces, all of which are published
here for the first time. In addition to valuable autobiographical
material, they include essays on the Irish land war, how Ireland
was robbed of her Parliament, English civilization, and the
education of the Irish citizen. Carla King teaches at St. Patrick's
College. The Classics of Irish History series.
West of Ireland; New Perspectives on the Nineteenth Century
examines the lives of ordinary people in the west of Ireland and
the political organisations which represented them throughout the
nineteenth century. Featuring contributions from some of Ireland's
leading historians, as well as the work of a younger generation of
rising academics, this book shines a light on those people on the
margins of a rural society undergoing an intense period of change.
This book examines their struggle and the evolving nature of the
West of Ireland during this dynamic time. Covering areas from the
urban poor, the plight of tenant farmers, the role of charities the
development of the Western seaboard, the result is an insightful
work that will appeal to the general reader and historian alike.
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