Useful information
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A short history of the Irish impact on New Zealand
Who’s Who
The changing face of Ireland, 1200–2000
What do you already know?
Chapter 1: Setting the stage for conflict
Old Ireland
The conquest and colonisation of Ireland
A land of saints and scholars
The Great Potato Famine: 1845–1851
Chapter 2: The rise of Irish national consciousness 1800–1914
Cultural revival, new nationalism and efforts to unify diversity
Political movements
Anti-nationalist groups
Chapter 3: Looking for solutions
The land issue
The path of reform
English conciliation and increased Irish division
Chapter 4: The struggle for Home Rule
The situation in 1909
The 1909 Budget Crisis opened the way to Home Rule
Chapter 5: Reactions to Home Rule: Who would be ‘Lord of the Dance’?
Irish reactions
Carson, Asquith and Redmond play ‘political poker’ and separate North from South
The road to civil war
Chapter 6: Boiling the pot: discord and war
1912–1914: Further conflicts
1913: The Dublin Lockout
1914–1918: World War I
Chapter 7: The Easter Rising: choosing the cycle of violence
Planning the ‘blood sacrifice’
The Easter Rising: the birth of ‘a terrible beauty’ (Yeats)
The aftermath
Chapter 8: The rise of Sinn Fein and the Anglo-Irish War
Home Rule
The transformation of Sinn Fein
Conscription and the National Pledge
1918: The Khaki Election
The Anglo-Irish War: 1919–1921
December 1920: the Government of Ireland Act
Chapter 9: Accepting the consequences of conflict
The Treaty
The Irish Civil War: 1922–1923
Chapter 10: Dealing with the consequences of conflict in Northern Ireland
A new cycle of violence
The 1930s and 1940s: Anti-Catholic discrimination
The 1960s: ‘The Troubles’ begin
The 1970s and 1980s: Escalating militancy
The 1990s: The Troubles continue
The 1990s–2000s: A gradual peace
Chapter 11: Dealing with the consequences of conflict in the Irish Free State/the Republic of Ireland
The Irish Free State (1922–1937)
Eire/Ireland (1937–1949)
The Republic of Ireland (1949– )
1954–2010: Social and political developments
Economic development: The growth of the ‘Celtic Tiger’
Relations between the Republic and Northern Ireland, 1980s–2000s
