
This study addresses the themes underpinning the career of 19th century Irish nationalist Isaac Butt, suggesting that he is a complex figure who is best understood in the context of an age before mass mobilization of popular sentiment and one who attempted with varying successes to guide the nation along a path where its peoples shared mutual respect and tolerance. In the short-run he seemed an anachronism but over the longer-term many of his hopes were enshrined in twenty-first century Ireland.
Page Count:
2351
Publication Date:
2005-03-15
ISBN-10:
184371079X
ISBN-13:
9781843710790
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