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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.
ISBN/EAN | 9781906359881 |
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Author | James Quinn |
Publisher | UCD Press |
Publication date | 28 Jul 2015 |
Format | Paperback |