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Palgrave Advances in Irish History provides a much-needed historiographical and interpretative overview of Irish history. While there has always been a large amount of history written in and about Ireland much of it has focused only on the (putative) nation state and relations with Britain. This volume focuses not only on political histories but offers a comprehensive account of Irish history in its manifold aspects such as literary, labor, medical and women's history and history of the Irish population and diasporas, sexuality, and cultural identity, language and traditions.
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Palgrave Advances in Irish History Palgrave Advances Titles include: H.G. Cocks and Matt Houlbrook (editors) THE MODERN HISTORY OF SEXUALITY Saki R. Dockrill and Geraint A. Hughes (editors) COLD WAR HISTORY Patrick Finney (editor) INTERNATIONAL HISTORY Jonathan Harris (editor) BYZANTINE HISTORY Marnie Hughes-Warrington (editor) WORLD HISTORIES Mary McAuliffe, Katherine O’Donnell and Leeann Lane (editors) PALGRAVE ADVANCES IN IRISH HISTORY Helen J. Nicholson (editor) THE CRUSADES Alec Ryrie (editor) EUROPEAN REFORMATIONS Richard Whatmore and Brian Young (editors) INTELLECTUAL HISTORY Jonathan Woolfson (editor) RENAISSANCE HISTORIOGRAPHY Forthcoming: Jonathan Barry and Owen Davies (editors) WITCHCRAFT STUDIES Palgrave Advances Series Standing Order ISBN 1-4039-3512-2 (Hardback) 1-4039-3513-0 (Paperback) (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England Palgrave Advances in Irish History Edited by Mary McAuliffe Teaching and Research Fellow, Women’s Studies, School of Social Justice, University College Dublin Katherine O’Donnell Head of Women’s Studies, School of Social Justice, University College Dublin Leeann Lane Co-ordinator of Irish Studies, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University Editorial matter and selection © Mary McAuliffe, Katherine O’Donnell and Leeann Lane 2009 Preface © Nancy Curtin 2009 All remaining chapters © their respective authors 2009 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries ISBN-13: ISBN-10: ISBN-13: ISBN-10: 978-1-4039-3215-0 1-4039-3215-8 978-1-4039-3216-7 1-4039-3216-6 hardback hardback paperback paperback This book is pri