Irish nationalism and European integration: The official redefinition of the island of Ireland

How has it been possible for Irish political leaders to actively promote two of the largest challenges to Irish nation-statehood: the concession of sovereignty to the European Union and the retraction of the constitutional claim over Northern Ireland? The author of this book argues that such discourses are integrally connected and, what is more, embody the enduring relevance of nationalism in modern Ireland.

As the most comprehensive study to date of official discourse in twentieth-century I...