Dividing Ireland: World War I and Partition

Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Note on terminology viii
Introduction: The Crown and national identity in the
United Kingdom and British Empire
1 National identity, Home Rule and the Ulster question 1
The Government of Ireland Bill 1
Irish unionism and British nationality 3
Constitutional Irish nationalism and the British Empire 18
Cultural nationalism and Irishness 26
Conclusion 39
2 Ireland in 1914 41
The eve of war 41
Nationalist reactions 45
Unionist reactions 49
The Irish National Volunteers: southern unionist and
nationalist tensions
The passing of the Home Rule Bill 67
Conclusion 75
3 The Great War and national identity, 1914–16 77
Unionism, Britishness and the war 77
The Irish Volunteer split 82
The Irish Party and recruiting 93
Nationalists and conscription 102
Unionists and conscription 109
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