Repeal and revolution
1848 in Ireland
This study examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising and examines the reasons for its failure. It places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America.
HistoryPolitics and governmentCausesIreland, historyPublic opinion, irelandPopular culture, irelandRevolutionsEurope, historiographyIreland, politics and government