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The Irish contribution to Australian history goes both deep and wide. Originally published in 1986 the essays in this collection contribute both to the understanding of Ireland's place in Australian history and to the interpretation of the Irish scene in the nineteenth century.
List of contents
1.Data: What is Known About the Irish in North America
Donald H. Akenson 2. The Irish and Law in Australia
Gerard Brennan 3. W.B. Yeats: Political Poetry or Poems to the Editor
Vincent Buckley 4. William O'Brien: Problems Reappraising his Political Career
Philip Bull 5. Murder as Metaphor: Griffin's Portrayal of Ireland in the Year of Catholic Emancipation
Tom Dunne 6. The Overflow of the Deluge: Anglo-Irish Relationships, 1914-1922
David Fitzpatrick 7. Daniel Mannix and the Cult of Personality
James Griffin 8. Father Mathew's Statue: The Making of a Monument in Cork
Ken Inglis 9. Violence Transported: Aspects of Irish Peasant Society
Edith Mary Johnston 10. The Irish in Australia: A General View
Oliver MacDonagh 11. Sir Antony MacDonnell and Crime Branch Special
W. F. Mandle 12. 'A Great Battle' - Bishop James A. Goold of Melbourne (1848-1864) and the State Aid for Religion Controversy
F.X. Martin 13. Writing the History of Irish-Australia
Patrick O'Farrell 14. The Desolate Boys: Juvenile Crime and Punishment, Ireland and New South Wales
Portia Robinson 15. Telling it Slant: Swift and the
Journal to Stella Peter Steele 16. 'The Harp New-Strung': Nationalism, Culture and the United Irishmen
A.T.Q. Stewart 17. Maria Edgeworth: The Novelist and the Union
Iain Topliss.
About the author
Oliver MacDonagh (1924-2002) was renowned as a scholar in modern British and Irish history. He became Foundation Professor and Chairman at the newly founded Flinders University in Australia. Atter a return to Ireland as Professor of Modern History at Cork, he was appointed W.K. Hancock Professor of History at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University. He wrote books on Irish emigration, Irish political history, 18th century administration and government in Victorian Britain.
Summary
The Irish contribution to Australian history goes both deep and wide. Originally published in 1986 the essays in this collection contribute both to the understanding of Ireland’s place in Australian history and to the interpretation of the Irish scene in the nineteenth century.
