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Book SynopsisRepeal and revolution. 1848 in Ireland examines the events that led up to the 1848 rising and examines the reasons for its failure. It places the rising in the context of political changes outside Ireland, especially the links between the Irish nationalists and radicals and republicans in Britain, France and north America. -- .
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 'Ourselves alone': Repeal, 1840-45
2 'A death-dealing famine': Conciliation and division
3 'Black '47': Repeal in retreat
4 'Disunited Irishmen'
5 'The springtime of the peoples'
6 'A sacred obligation': July 1848
7 'Graves which their own cowardice has digged': The aftermath
8 'The chained wolves': The 1848-ers overseas
9 'Dreams and delusions'. The legacy of 1848
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