The Contested Identities of Ulster Catholics

by Thomas Paul Burgess (Editor)

Overview

This book investigates the often-fragmented nature of Ulster Nationalist / Republican / Roman Catholic politics, culture and identity. It offers a companion publication to The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants (2015). Historically the Catholic community of Ulster are regarded as a unified and coherent group, sharing cultural and political aspirations. However, the volume explores communities of many variants and strands, belying the notion of an easy, homogenous bloc in terms of identity, political aspirations, voting preferences and cultural identity. These include historical differences within constitutional nationalism and Republicanism, gender politics, partition, perceptions of this community from The Republic of Ireland, and more. The book will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of Politics, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Irish Studies and Peace Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030076528
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	01/18/2019
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Pages:	263
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Thomas Paul Burgess is Senior Lecturer at the School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland. He holds degrees from the universities of Oxford, Ulster and Cork. His most recent academic work is The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants (edited with Gareth Mulvenna, 2015).

Table of Contents

1 Introduction; Thomas Paul Burgess.- 2 The State We’re In: - Imagining a New Republic; the Challenge to Irish Nationalism; Thomas Paul Burgess.-3 Catholics in Northern Ireland: Changing Political Attitudes, 1968-2018; John Coakley.-4 Rights versus Rites? Catholic women and abortion access in Northern Ireland; Claire Pierson.-5 Tough, violent and virtually ungovernable’? Northern nationalists in the Irish Republic. A historical context; Brian Hanley.-6 ‘E pluribus unum; The Elusiveness of a Singular Community Identity’; Malachi O’Doherty.-7 The Story of Catholic Schools in Northern Ireland; past, present and possible future; Tony Gallagher.-8 Paddy Devlin, the Labour Movement and the Catholic Community: A biographical methodology; Connal Parr.-9 Sport, Politics and Catholics in Northern Ireland; David Hassan and Conor Murray.-10 From the Frontlines of War to the Side-lines of Peace? Gender, Republicanism and the Peace Process; Niall Gilmartin.-11 From Platitude to Realpolitik; Challenging Generic Designations; Tommy Mc Kearney.-12 Meet the New Boss…Same as the Old Boss: Assessing Republican Attitudes toward the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist Communities of Northern Ireland; Gareth Mulvenna.-13 Ideology and Identity in the Founding Group of the Social Democratic and Labour Party: Evaluating the Life-writing of a Political Generation; Stephen Hopkins.-14 Republican Fragmentation in the Face of Enduring Partition; Anthony McIntyre.-15 Ambivalence in a post-conflict society: Young Catholics growing up in Northern Ireland; Aimee Smith.