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Dividing Ireland: World War I and Partition

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vi<br />

Conclusion 119<br />

4 The Easter Rising <strong>and</strong> aftermath 121<br />

The Easter Rising <strong>and</strong> cultural nationalism 121<br />

The Rising <strong>and</strong> the European war 125<br />

The impact of the Easter Rising in nationalist <strong>Irel<strong>and</strong></strong> 134<br />

The 1916 talks <strong>and</strong> the decline of the Irish Party 139<br />

Irish Unionism <strong>and</strong> the partition proposals 146<br />

Conclusion 152<br />

5 Loyalty <strong>and</strong> the Crown: Nationalist divisions <strong>and</strong><br />

Unionist-Nationalist rapprochement, 1916–18<br />

155<br />

The rise of Sinn Fein 155<br />

Nationalists <strong>and</strong> the Crown: Sinn Fein <strong>and</strong> the Irish Party 162<br />

Nationalist <strong>and</strong> southern unionist rapprochement 173<br />

Ulster Unionist perceptions of nationalists <strong>and</strong> the war 189<br />

Conclusion 194<br />

6 The Irish Convention <strong>and</strong> the conscription crisis, 1917–<br />

18<br />

197<br />

The Irish Convention 197<br />

Nationalist <strong>and</strong> Southern Unionist agreement at the Irish<br />

Convention<br />

201<br />

Ulster Unionist opposition 207<br />

The conscription crisis 214<br />

The end of the war: towards armed struggle 222<br />

Conclusion 227<br />

Conclusion 229<br />

Notes 235<br />

Bibliography 257<br />

Index 267

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