A New History of Ireland Volume V: Ireland Under the Union, I: 1801-1870

A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages,down to the present day. Volume V opens with a character study of the period, followed by twenty chapters of narrative history, covering sectarian conflict, politics of the era and the impact of the Great Famine. Further thematic chapters examine emigration, the economy, legal developments, literature, and education, endingwith a study of Ireland in 1870.

Introduction: Ireland, 1870-1921 by R. V. Comerford
Chapter 1 Isaac Butt and the Home Rule Party, 1870-77 by R. V. Comerford
Chapter 2 The Land War and the Politics of Distress, 1877-82 by R. V. Comerford
Chapter 3 The Parnell Era, 1883-91 by R. V. Comerford
Chapter 4 The Aftermath of Parnell, 1891-1903 by F. S. L. Lyons
Chapter 5 The Watershed, 1903-7 by F. S. L. Lyons
Chapter 6 The Developing Crisis, 1907-14 by F. S. L. Lyons
Chapter 7 Ireland in 1914 by L. P. Curtis, Jr
Chapter 8 The Revolution in Train, 1914-16 by F. S. L. Lyons
Chapter 9 The Rising and After by F. S. L. Lyons
Chapter 10 The New Nationalism, 1916-18 by F. S. L. Lyons
Chapter 11 The War of Independence, 1919-21 by F. S. L. Lyons
Chapter 12 Economic and Social History, 1850-1921 by H. D. Gribbon
Chapter 13 Literature in English, 1891-1921 by Vivian Mercier
Chapter 14 Irish Language and Literature, 1845-1921 by Brian O Cuiv
Chapter 15 Visual Arts and Society, 1850-1900 by Cyril Barrett and Jeanne Sheehy
Chapter 16 Visual Arts and Society, 1900-21 by Cyril Barrett and Jeanne Sheehy
Chapter 17 Music and Society, 1850-1921 by Aloys Fleischmann
Chapter 18 Pre-University Education, 1870-1922 by D. H. Akenson
Chapter 19 Higher Education, 1793-1908 by Susan Parkes
Chapter 20 Administration and the Public Services, 1870-1921 by R. B. McDowell
Chapter 21 Emigration, 1871-1921 by David Fitzpatrick
Chapter 22 The Irish in Britain, 1871-1921 by David Fitzpatrick
Chapter 23 The Irish in Australia and New Zealand, 1870-1990 by Patrick O'Farrell
Chapter 24 The Remaking of Irish-America, 1845-80 by David Noel Doyle
Bibliography by Charles Benson and Helen F. Mulvey
Introduction: Ireland and the Union, 1801-70, Oliver Macdonagh
1. Aftermath and Adjustment, S. J. Connolly
2. The Catholic Question, 1801-12, S. J. Connolly
3. Union Government, 1812-23, S. J. Connolly
4. Mass Politics and Sectarian Conflict, 1823-30, S. J. Connolly
5. Poverty, Population, and Agriculture, 1801-45, Cormac Ó Gráda
6. Industry and Communications, 1801-45, Cormac Ó Gráda
7. The Age of O'Connell, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh
8. Politics, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh
9. Ideas and Institutions, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh
10. The Economy and Society, 1830-45, Oliver MacDonagh
11. Land and People, c.1841, T. W. Freeman
12. Famine and Government Response, 1845-6, James S. Donnelly, jr
13. Production, Prices, and Exports, 1846-51, James S. Donnelly, jr
14. The Administration of Relief, 1846-7, James S. Donnelly, jr
15. The Soup Kitchens, James S. Donnelly, jr
16. The Administration of Relief, 1847-51, James S. Donnelly, jr
17. Landlords and Tenants, James S. Donnelly, jr
18. Excess Mortality and Emigration, James S. Donnelly, jr
19. A Famine in Irish Politics, James S. Donnelly, jr
20. Ireland 1850-70: Post-Famine and Mid-Victorian, R. V. Comerford
21. Churchmen, Tenants, and Independent Opposition, 1850-56, R. V. Comerford
22. Conspiring Brotherhoods and Contending Elites, 1857-63, R. V. Comerford
23. Gladstone's First Irish Enterprise, 1864-70, R. V. Comerford
24. Legal Developments, 1801-79, J. C. Brady
25. Literature in English, 1801-91, Thomas Flanagan
26. Pre-University Education, 1782-1870, D. H. Akenson
27. Administration and the Public Services, 1800-70, R. B. McDowell
28. Emigration, 1801-70, David Fitzpatrick
29. 'A Peculiar Tramping People': The Irish in Britain, 1801-70, David Fitzpatrick
30. The Irish in Australia and New Zealand, 1791-1870, Patrick J. O'Farrell
31. The Irish in North America, 1776-1845, David Noel Doyle
32. Ireland c.1870, W. E. Vaughan