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Unionism in Ireland is a political tradition that professes loyalty to the crown of the United Kingdom and to the union it represents with England, Scotland and Wales. The overwhelming sentiment of Ireland's Protestant minority , unionism mobilised in the decades following Catholic Emancipation in 1829 to oppose restoration of a separate Irish ...
In Ireland, the two nations theory holds that Ulster Protestants form a distinct Irish nation. [1] Advocated mainly by Unionists and loyalists (but also notably supported by one Communist party), who used it as a basis for opposing Home Rule and, later, to justify the partition of Ireland, it has been strongly criticised by Irish nationalists such as John Redmond (who stated that "'the two ...
Nationalism in Ireland (1st ed 1982; 2nd ed 1991; 3rd ed 1995). (editor), The Revolution in Ireland, 1879-1923 (1987). The Crisis of British Unionism: The Domestic Papers of the Second Earl of Selborne, 1885-1922 (1987). The Crisis of British Power: The Imperial and Naval Papers of the Second Earl of Selborne, 1895-1910 (1987).
55.8% of voters in Northern Ireland voted for the United Kingdom to remain a part of the European Union in the 23 June 2016 referendum in which the country as a whole voted to leave the union. The results in Northern Ireland were influenced by fears of a strong border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as well as by fears of a ...
A portrait of Wolfe Tone. Protestant Irish Nationalists are adherents of Protestantism in Ireland who also support Irish nationalism. Protestants have played a large role in the development of Irish nationalism since the eighteenth century, despite most Irish nationalists historically being from the Irish Catholic majority, as well as most Irish Protestants usually tending toward unionism in ...
This is a parent category for Irish Nationalist pages relating to Nationalist parties, groups, organisations and landmark events from the latter part of the nineteenth century into the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Ireland declared itself neutral in the Second World War. [59] In 1948, Ireland declared itself a republic and so left the British Commonwealth. Britain's political interest in this part of the island formally ceased with its passage of the Ireland Act 1949 at Westminster. Nevertheless, the two states co-operated formally and informally to try ...
The agreement acknowledged nationalism and unionism as "equally legitimate, political aspirations". [2] It comprised two agreements: the Multi-Party Agreement, between the parties of Northern Ireland; and the British-Irish Agreement, between the government of Ireland and the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ...