Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900-1948
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This chapter describes the significance of Ireland in the unfolding history of the British Empire and Commonwealth. The new, more self-assertive generation of nationalists was watched with some apprehension by the Roman Catholic Church. The Church supported the demand for Home Rule but opposed more revolutionary forms of nationalism, fearing not just the disorder and chaos of revolution but also the rise of the anticlericalism it had so successfully avoided. The final contours of Home Rule were still unclear by the time it was finally enacted on 18 September 1914. The conflicting ideas in the evolution of an Irish settlement were symbolized by two remarkable men, Erskine Childers and Lionel Curtis. The signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty had profound repercussions in the wider Imperial sphere.
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Many of the postwar generation turned to pacifism or something like it, and some turned to communism.
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Almost all intelligent young men of whatever political party after the First World War were active supporters of the League of Nations and attracted by disarmament.
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Cited by 11
- Authors
- MCMAHON, D.
- Corresponding author
- MCMAHON, DEIRDRE
- Venue
- The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume IV: The Twentieth Century
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1999-10-21
- Pages
- 138-162
- OpenAlex
- W2487868088
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.53
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Irish and British Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Historical Studies of British Isles
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies
- Keywords
- Irish nationalism, British Empire, Commonwealth of Nations, home rule, Catholic Church, anticlericalism, Erskine Childers, Lionel Curtis, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Irish settlement, Irish independence
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