Thomas Hennessey

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ID4097864
NAMEThomas Hennessey
GIVEN NAMESThomas
FAMILY NAMEHennessey
SIGNATUREHENNESSEY T
AFFILIATIONSCanterbury Christ Church University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS80
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: Beyond Unionism and Nationalism

    Jonathan Tonge, Máire Braniff et al.BOOKThe Alliance Party of Northern…2024

    Northern Ireland’s political system is dominated by an Irish Catholic nationalist versus British Protestant unionist fault-line, based on the long-running argument over whether the province should remain part of the United Kingdom or form part of a United Ireland. Yet the largest category of elector in Northern Ireland says they are neither a unionist nor a nationalist and the third largest party is now Alliance, which declares itself neutral on …

  • Same but different? The Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Unionist Party compared

    Jonathan Tonge, Máire Braniff et al.ARTICLEIrish Political Studies2020Cited by: 1References: 7

    Northern Ireland’s two main unionist parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) have undergone divergent fortunes since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA) as the DUP has prospered whilst the UUP has struggled. This article draws upon recent studies of the memberships of both parties to explore their perceptions of the change in respective electoral standings and to examine the extent to which the parties now co…

  • The Ulster Unionist Party: Country Before Party?

    Thomas Hennessey, Máire Braniff et al.BOOKUlster Unionist Party2019Cited by: 7

    This book undertakes the first detailed membership study of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). The UUP was the dominant political party in Northern Ireland during the twentieth century, but since the 1998 Belfast Agreement, the UUP has struggled to retain the loyalty and affection of many within the majority Protestant-Unionist-British community. The Belfast Agreement was internationally lauded, the UUP leader David Trimble feted with a Nobel Peace…

  • The First Northern Ireland Peace Process: Power-Sharing, Sunningdale and the IRA Ceasefires 1972-76

    Open AccessThomas HennesseyBOOKFirst Northern Ireland Peace…2015

    The First Northern Ireland Peace Process covers the various attempts to end the 'Troubles' from 1972-76. These attempts included secret talks with the Provisional IRA and a parallel process to build a

  • The Democratic Unionist Party: From Protest to Power

    Jonathan Tonge, Máire Braniff et al.BOOKThe Democratic Unionist Party2014Cited by: 35

    The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland has undergone a remarkable transformation. Having been a party of opposition and protest for decades following its foundation in 1971, the DUP is now the leading party of government in the region, one which dominates unionist politics. The party moved from a religiously influenced determination to face down the ‘enemies of Ulster’ to acceptance of the need to share power with those ‘enemies’…

  • Historic Loyalism

    Thomas HennesseyCHAPTERUlster Loyalism after the Good…2013

  • Dividing Ireland: World War One and Partition

    Open AccessThomas Hennessey, Thomas Charles HennesseyBOOKDividing Ireland1998

    This book provides an original assessment of the First World War in Ireland and its consequences, the key to understanding the complexities of the Irish nation today. Thomas Hennessey explores how the War transformed the nature of the Irish and Ulster questions from devolved self-government within the UK to a free Irish republic outside the British Empire, considering such influential figures as de Valera and Michael Collins, and issues such as c…

  • Civil Rights and Civil Strife, 1963–1969

    Open AccessThomas HennesseyCHAPTERA History of Northern Ireland…1997

  • The Long War, 1976–1996

    Open AccessThomas HennesseyCHAPTERA History of Northern Ireland…1997

  • The Birth of Northern Ireland, 1912–1928

    Open AccessThomas HennesseyCHAPTERA History of Northern Ireland…1997

  • Cold War, 1928–1962

    Open AccessThomas HennesseyCHAPTERA History of Northern Ireland…1997

  • The Collapse of the 1920 Settlement, 1969–1976

    Open AccessThomas HennesseyCHAPTERA History of Northern Ireland…1997

  • A History of Northern Ireland 1920-1996

    Open AccessThomas HennesseyBOOKA History of Northern Ireland…1997Cited by: 35

  • Ulster Unionism and Loyalty to the Crown of the United Kingdom, 1912–74

    Open AccessThomas HennesseyCHAPTERUnionism in Modern Ireland1996

    Traditional interpretations of Ulster unionist hostility to Irish nationalism have focused upon factors such as religion and economic considerations. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

  • From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890-1935

    Gene Cranston Anderson, Gene Anderson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Music1996

  • Ulster unionist territorial and national identities 1886–1893: Province, Island, kingdom and empire

    Thomas HennesseyARTICLEIrish Political Studies1993Cited by: 2References: 3

    Using material from public sources, this paper seeks to understand how Ulster unionists, in the late nineteenth century, described themselves in terms of territorial identities. The paper challenges the claim that unionists possessed an incoherent sense of national identity, and argues that unionists held to a complex sense of identity that was consistent with assumptions of British nineteenth century identity