Placing Poland at the Heart of Irishness: Irish Political Elites in Relation to Poland and the Poles in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9783631818176 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 352 str.

Adam Kucharski

Opis

The main theme and objective of this work considers the evolution of the Irish attitude towards Poland and the Poles during the first half of the nineteenth century, and advanced Irish-Polish relations, emphasising the place of the Polish Question in the process of shaping modern Irish nationalism.

Spis treści

Abbreviations

1 From the Polish Partitions to the November

Uprising, 1772-1830

1.1 Poland and Ireland in the End of Eighteenth and Beginning of the

Nineteenth Century

1.2 Tribunes and Dynamics of Irish Interest in Polish Affairs

1.3 Main Points of Interest

1.3.1 Three Partitions of Poland (1772-1795)

1.3.2 The Napoleonic Era

1.3.3 The Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) and the Kingdom of

Poland

Conclusion

2 The November Uprising: the Significance of the

Polish Struggle

2.1 The Uprising

2.1.1 International Dimension

2.1.2 Internal Developments

2.2 Statistics and Geography of the Irish Reaction to the November

Uprising

2.3 The Irish Knowledge of, and Attitude towards, the Polish

Revolution

Conclusion

3 The Irish in Relation to Poland and the Poles, 1832-1849

3.1 Poland and Ireland in the 1830s and 1840s

3.1.1 Poland after the Collapse of the Uprising

3.1.2 Ireland since Catholic Emancipation

3.2 Information and Comments

3.3 Politics

3.4 Charity, Culture and Other Platforms of Engagement

Conclusion

4 Poland in the Context of Irish Political Affairs, 1831-1849

Conclusion

Epilogue

Annex 1 Selected Letters and Documents Concerning

Different Aspects of Irish-Polish Relations

Annex 2 Poetry, Songs, and Other Literary Texts Regarding Poland

Published in the Irish Newspapers between 1831 and 1849

List of Figures

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Dr Adam Kucharski, a historian, holds a PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. His research interests focus on Irish-Polish relations in the nineteenth century. He is the author and editor of publications concerning Irish-Polish historical relations as well as the Polish and Irish past.