Covers the "unfolding drama of the Home Rule crisis, the Irish Revolution, partition, and the establishment of a separate political state in the six counties of Northern Ireland ..." --Dust jacket.

Although much has been written on various aspects of the Ulster Plantation, no sustained work on its urban aspects has been undertaken since the research of Robert Hunter. This collection attempts to rectify that lacuna. Topics discussed include poverty and the Irish in urban Ulster, Catholicism and Protestantism in the Ulster towns, the archaeology and geography of urban Ulster as well as studies of administration and life in specific Ulster Plantation...

Evolution, structure and organization of local government in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

Inspired by the American Revolution, the Irish began forming armed and uniformed volunteer groups under the guise of serving their communities. As the movement grew, they became more outspoken against English policies in Ireland, especially trade restrictions and high tarriffs. They refused to use English goods, and in 1779 succeeded in getting the House of Commons to pass a resolution in favor of free trade for Ireland. In 1780 the local volunteers...

"This book deals with an aspect of Ulster history which has, until now remained unexplored: the contribution of women. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women were active in the domestic textile industry, in the campaign for equal educational rights, in nationalist and unionist politics, and in religious life. In this ... collection of essays, the complexity of the female past in Ulster begins to emerge."--Back cover.