Forkhill Protestants and Forkhill Catholics, 1787-1858 - Hardcover

Madden, Kyla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846310156 ISBN 13: 9781846310157

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Irish history is often reduced to the conflict between Catholics and Protestants: this book tells a different story. In a wide-ranging social history that includes analysis of rural disturbances, landholding patterns, family formation, systems of education and local response to the famine, Kyla Madden reveals that the relationship between the Catholics and Protestants in Forkhill, south Armagh, was both layered and complex - and defies a simple sectarian explanation.

About this title

About the Author:

Kyla Madden is assistant professor of Irish history at Queen's University, Ontario.

Review:

An excellent work, written with flair. -- Marianne Elliott * Institute of IrishStudies, University of Liverpool * A jarring corrective to generations of scholars and pundits wedded to the notion that "sectarianism" is at the heart of understanding social, cultural, and political Ulster. -- Mark McGowan * St Michael's College, University of Toronto * This study is a notable addition to a growing corpus of Irish local and regional studies. Within its modern length she has made an elegant and perceptive addition to our understand of Ireland's past. Her fine study provides fascinating insights into a complex community undergoing profound changes. * Familia: Ulster Geneological Review, Number 23 *

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1846310156
• ISBN 13: 9781846310157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232