Irish Education and Catholic Emancipation, 1791-1831: The Campaigns of Bishop Doyle and Daniel O'Connell

ISBN-13: 9781787073104 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 236 str.

Fleming, Brian

Opis

This book provides a new perspective on a turbulent and fascinating period in Anglo-Irish relations, exploring how Daniel O'Connell's campaign for Catholic emancipation in Ireland was connected to the reform of the Irish education system.

Recenzje

"This fascinating book, which documents the parallel approaches taken by Daniel O'Connell and Bishop Doyle in their political lobbying on the Irish education issue in the 1820s, fills an important gap in nineteenth-century Irish historiography. While rigorous and scholarly in its approach, it is engaging in its style."

- Áine Hyland, Emeritus Professor of Education, University College Cork

"Comprehensive, challenging and accessible, this book provides a unique insight into the role of Bishop Doyle and Daniel O' Connell in the social and political world of early nineteenth-century Ireland. It is compulsory reading for anyone interested in this fascinating period of history."

- Judith Harford, Associate Professor of Education, University College Dublin

Spis treści

CONTENTS: The Penal Laws - False Dawns - A Strategic Decision - Straws in the Wind - An «Irresistible Necessity» - Progress - In Retrospect.

O autorze

Brian Fleming served for twenty-five years as Principal of Collinstown Park Community College, located in a severely disadvantaged suburb of Dublin. Following retirement he completed a PhD at University College Dublin, focusing on the treatment of educational disadvantage by successive Irish governments. In 2016, he published Irish Education, 1922-2007, Cherishing All the Children? His current research interests lie in the development of the Irish education system in the early nineteenth century.