Britain and Irish separatism

from the Fenians to the Free State, 1867-1922

by Thomas E. Hachey

1984 351 pages eng

"Even more so than the Young Ireland rising of 1848, the Fenian rebellion was an unqualified fiasco." So states Professor Hachey in the introduction to Britain and Irish Separatism. He goes from there to analyze the almost forty years of unsuccessful efforts by Irish and British leaders to reach a c…