Mcbride I. R.
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198206422
- eISBN:
- 9780191677113
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206422.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Political History
This book examines the central role played by Ulster Presbyterians in the birth of Irish republicanism. Drawing on recent trends in British and American historiography, as well as a wide range of ...
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This book examines the central role played by Ulster Presbyterians in the birth of Irish republicanism. Drawing on recent trends in British and American historiography, as well as a wide range of Irish primary sources, the author of this book charts the development of Presbyterian politics between the War of American Independence and the rebellion of 1798. He begins by tracing the emergence of a radical sub-culture in the north of Ireland, showing how traditions of religious dissent underpinned oppositional politics. He goes on to explore the impact of American independence in Ulster, and shows how the mobilization of the Volunteers and the reform agitation of the 1780s anticipated the ideology and organization of the United Irish movement. He describes how, in the wake of the French Revolution, Ulster Presbyterians sought to create a new Irish nation in their own image, and reveals the confessional allegiances that shaped the 1798 rebellion. Above all, this book uncovers the close relationship between theological disputes and political theory, recreating a distinctive intellectual tradition whose contribution to republican thought has often been misunderstood.Less
This book examines the central role played by Ulster Presbyterians in the birth of Irish republicanism. Drawing on recent trends in British and American historiography, as well as a wide range of Irish primary sources, the author of this book charts the development of Presbyterian politics between the War of American Independence and the rebellion of 1798. He begins by tracing the emergence of a radical sub-culture in the north of Ireland, showing how traditions of religious dissent underpinned oppositional politics. He goes on to explore the impact of American independence in Ulster, and shows how the mobilization of the Volunteers and the reform agitation of the 1780s anticipated the ideology and organization of the United Irish movement. He describes how, in the wake of the French Revolution, Ulster Presbyterians sought to create a new Irish nation in their own image, and reveals the confessional allegiances that shaped the 1798 rebellion. Above all, this book uncovers the close relationship between theological disputes and political theory, recreating a distinctive intellectual tradition whose contribution to republican thought has often been misunderstood.
James G. Patterson
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719076930
- eISBN:
- 9781781700822
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719076930.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter deals with the United Irish movement. In the last quarter of the eighteenth century, long-term grievances over the domination of the Irish parliament by the Imperial government, and the ...
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This chapter deals with the United Irish movement. In the last quarter of the eighteenth century, long-term grievances over the domination of the Irish parliament by the Imperial government, and the subsidiary status of Ireland's economy to that of Britain, led to a movement for reform. These so called ‘patriots’ sought to take advantage of the climate of fear created in Whitehall by the events in America to obtain the lifting of trade restrictions and legislative independence for the Irish parliament. These dual objectives were achieved in 1779 and 1782 respectively. Yet the executive branch of the Irish government remained responsible to the Imperial cabinet. The Reform Act of 1782 failed to address the aspirations of the Protestant middle classes, which largely remained excluded from the political process. By the second half of the eighteenth century, middle-class resentment, particularly amongst the Presbyterians of Ulster, centred on the continued denial of political participation.Less
This chapter deals with the United Irish movement. In the last quarter of the eighteenth century, long-term grievances over the domination of the Irish parliament by the Imperial government, and the subsidiary status of Ireland's economy to that of Britain, led to a movement for reform. These so called ‘patriots’ sought to take advantage of the climate of fear created in Whitehall by the events in America to obtain the lifting of trade restrictions and legislative independence for the Irish parliament. These dual objectives were achieved in 1779 and 1782 respectively. Yet the executive branch of the Irish government remained responsible to the Imperial cabinet. The Reform Act of 1782 failed to address the aspirations of the Protestant middle classes, which largely remained excluded from the political process. By the second half of the eighteenth century, middle-class resentment, particularly amongst the Presbyterians of Ulster, centred on the continued denial of political participation.
James G. Patterson
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719076930
- eISBN:
- 9781781700822
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719076930.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter introduces Antrim and Down. Historians have traditionally considered the non-sectarian republicanism of the United Irish movement in east Ulster to have died a sudden death in the wake ...
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This chapter introduces Antrim and Down. Historians have traditionally considered the non-sectarian republicanism of the United Irish movement in east Ulster to have died a sudden death in the wake of the crushing defeat of the rebel armies of Antrim and Down in June 1798. The traditional view also holds that the Presbyterians of the two counties, who had been at the heart of the movement from its inception seven years earlier, made a rapid transition from rebel to loyalist often embracing the Orange Order in the process. Completing this model is the re-emergence of Defenderism, which, with equal speed, reverted to its Catholic sectarian roots. The untimely demise of northern republicanism is attributed to several factors, including the increasing distrust of the methods and motives of the United Irishmen's French allies and the impact of government-sanctioned repression.Less
This chapter introduces Antrim and Down. Historians have traditionally considered the non-sectarian republicanism of the United Irish movement in east Ulster to have died a sudden death in the wake of the crushing defeat of the rebel armies of Antrim and Down in June 1798. The traditional view also holds that the Presbyterians of the two counties, who had been at the heart of the movement from its inception seven years earlier, made a rapid transition from rebel to loyalist often embracing the Orange Order in the process. Completing this model is the re-emergence of Defenderism, which, with equal speed, reverted to its Catholic sectarian roots. The untimely demise of northern republicanism is attributed to several factors, including the increasing distrust of the methods and motives of the United Irishmen's French allies and the impact of government-sanctioned repression.
James G. Patterson
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719076930
- eISBN:
- 9781781700822
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719076930.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter describes the first wave of United Irish movement (November 1798–June 1799). On 19 November rebels burned the house of James Coleman near Doagh in south Antrim. Another band disarmed ...
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This chapter describes the first wave of United Irish movement (November 1798–June 1799). On 19 November rebels burned the house of James Coleman near Doagh in south Antrim. Another band disarmed three Scottish soldiers who were travelling on the road from Ballymena to Derry on 8 December. At Tullyard in the north Down parish of Drumbo, rebels shot and wounded a weaver named Antwistle while he sat at his loom on the night of the 17 December. This politically motivated crime was the result of Antwistle having given testimony against a United Irishman, who was hanged at Lisburn. At Ballymena rebels, cut the hamstrings of John Forsythe, a private in the first Royal Regiment of Foot, on the evening of Sunday, 30 December. The level of rebel activity was substantially lower in Down than in Antrim. Yet arms raids did occur and the northern part of the county was particularly troubled.Less
This chapter describes the first wave of United Irish movement (November 1798–June 1799). On 19 November rebels burned the house of James Coleman near Doagh in south Antrim. Another band disarmed three Scottish soldiers who were travelling on the road from Ballymena to Derry on 8 December. At Tullyard in the north Down parish of Drumbo, rebels shot and wounded a weaver named Antwistle while he sat at his loom on the night of the 17 December. This politically motivated crime was the result of Antwistle having given testimony against a United Irishman, who was hanged at Lisburn. At Ballymena rebels, cut the hamstrings of John Forsythe, a private in the first Royal Regiment of Foot, on the evening of Sunday, 30 December. The level of rebel activity was substantially lower in Down than in Antrim. Yet arms raids did occur and the northern part of the county was particularly troubled.
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846318481
- eISBN:
- 9781846317903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846317903.002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter provides a biographical analysis of William Tennent and analyzes the place of the Tennent family in the various contexts they inhabited in Belfast. It highlights the family's involvement ...
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This chapter provides a biographical analysis of William Tennent and analyzes the place of the Tennent family in the various contexts they inhabited in Belfast. It highlights the family's involvement in the United Irish movement and describes William Tennent's financial success, which was made possible by conforming to patterns established by older generations of merchants. The chapter suggests that the stories of the Tennents reveal that Belfast may have been more flexible and politically complex than is often appreciated.Less
This chapter provides a biographical analysis of William Tennent and analyzes the place of the Tennent family in the various contexts they inhabited in Belfast. It highlights the family's involvement in the United Irish movement and describes William Tennent's financial success, which was made possible by conforming to patterns established by older generations of merchants. The chapter suggests that the stories of the Tennents reveal that Belfast may have been more flexible and politically complex than is often appreciated.
