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D Eoat DE‘1fl7S7 E DRAKE UNIVERSITY - COWLES LIBRARY DA950 .1686 1996 An Imsh empire? : aspects of Ireland and 1996. " DATE DUE )\\ m MMR 'm m AUG y 1 n t.w j ■' DEMCO 38-297 —STUDIES IN— 1]V\PER1ALIS]V\ general editor John M. MacKenzie Established in the belief that imperialism as a cultural phenomenon had as significant an effect on the dominant as on the subordinate societies, Studies in Imperialism seeks to develop the new socio-cultural approach which has emerged through cross-disciplinary work on popular culture, media studies, art history, the study of education and religion, sports history and children's literature. The cultural emphasis embraces studies of migration and race, while the older political, and constitutional, economic and military concerns will never be far away. It will incorporate comparative work on European and American empire-building, with the chronological focus primarily, though not exclusively, on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when these cultural exchanges were most powerfully at work. ^An Irish Empire'? This volume, which explores aspects of the experience of Ireland and Irish people within the British Empire, addresses a central concern of modem Irish scholarship. Much academic writing about Ireland, its history and culture is dominated by the vocabulary of imperialism. Engels described Ireland as England's first colony. Contemporary observers frequently characterise it as having a post-colonial society. Ireland, on the other hand, was also part of the metropolitan core of the Empire and supplied many of its soldiers, settlers and administrators. The paradox that Ireland was both 'imperial' and 'colonial' lies at the heart of this book which includes studies of Irish service in the Empire as well as the impact of imperial concerns in Ireland. Concentrating on the period since the mid-nineteenth century, the scope of the volume is impressively broad. Popular culture, sport and film are investigated, as well as business history and the military and political 'sinews of Empire'. The book will be of particular value to institu¬ tions teaching Irish and British history to degree level and the growing number of Irish studies courses being offered in Great Britain and North America. Keith Jeffery is Reader in History at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown AVAILABLE IN THE SERIES Propaganda and empire The manipulation of British public opinion, 1880-1960 John M. MacKenzie Imperialism and popular culture ed. John M. MacKenzie ‘At duty’s call’ A study in obsolete patriotism W. J. Reader Images of the army The military in British art, 1815-1914 J. W. M. Hichberger The empire of nature Hunting, conservation and British imperialism John M. MacKenzie Imperial medicine and indigenous societies ed. David Arnold Imperialism and juvenile literature ed. Jeffrey Richards Asia in Western fiction ed. Robin W. Winks, James R. Rush Empire and sexuality The British experience Ronald M. Hyam Imperialism and the natural world ed. John M. MacKenzie Emigrants and empire British settlement in the dominions between the wars ed. Stephen Constantine Revolution and empire Enghsh pohtics and the American colonies in the seventeenth century Robert M. Bliss Air power and colonial control The Royal Air Force 1919-39 David E. Omissi Acts of supremacy The British Empire and the stage, 1790-1930 J. S. Bratton et al. Policing the Empire Government, authority and control, 1830-1940 ed. David Anderson, David Killingray Policing and decolonisation Nationalism, politics and the police, 1917-65 ed. David Anderson, David Killingray Popular imperialism and the military 1850—1950 ed. John M. MacKenzie The language of empire Myths and metaphors of popular imperialism, 1880-1918 Robert H. MacDonald Travellers in Africa British travelogues, 1850-1900 Tim Youngs Unfit for heroes Reconstruction and soldier settlement in the empire between the wars Kent Fedorowich Colonial masculinity The 'manly Englishman’ and the ‘effeminate Bengah’ Mrinalini Sinha Geography and imperialism 1820-1940 ed. Morag Bell, Robin Butlin and Michael Heffeman Britannia’s children Reading colonialism through children’s books and magazines Kathryn Castle ‘An Irish Empire’} Aspects of Ireland and the British Empire ed. Keith Jeffrey 'An Irish Empire ASPECTS OF IRELAND AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE edited by Keith Jeffery MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS Manchester and New York Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada byST. MARTIN'S PRESS Copyright © Manchester University Press 1996 While copyright in the volume as a whole is vested in Manchester University Press, copyright in individual chapters belongs to their respective authors, and no chapter may be reproduced wholly or in part without the express permission in writing of both author and publishers. Pubiished by MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD ROAD, MANCHESTER M13 9NR and ROOM 400, 175 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10010, USA Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC. 175 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10010, USA British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Pubhcation Data 'An Irish empire'? : aspects of Ireland and the British Empire / edited by Keith Jeffery. p. cm. — (Studies in imperialism) ISBN 0-7190-3873-1 1. Ireland—Politics and government—1837-1901. 2. Ireland— Politics and government—20th century. 3. Ireland—Relations— Great Britain. 4. Great Britain—Relations—Ireland. 5. Imperialism. 6. Irish question. I. Jeffery, Keith, n. Series: Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) DA950.I686 1996 941.5081—dc20 95-41312 CIP ISBN 0 7190 3873 1 hardback First published in 1996 00 99 98 97 96 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Typeset in Trump Medieval by Koinonia, Manchester Printed in Great Britain by Biddles Limited, Guildford and King's Lynn '\>h Kltp CONTENTS General introduction — page vii List of contributors — page ix Preface — page xi Introduction Keith Jeffery page 1 1 Ireland, the Empire and film Jeffrey Richards 25 2 Ireland, sport and empire Alan Bairner 57 3 Ireland and India T. G. Fraser 77 4 The Irish military tradition and the British Empire Keith Jeffery 94 5 Irish Unionists and the Empire, 1880-1920: classes and masses Alvin Jackson 123 6 Empire Day in Ireland, 1896-1962 David H. Hume 149 7 Businessmen in Northern Ireland and the imperial connection, 1886-1939 Philip Ollerenshaw 169 8 Ulster resistance and loyalist rebellion in the Empire Donal Lowry 191 Index — page 217 [v] Dedicated to the memory of Jack Gallagher and Nicholas Mansergh