Protestant depopulation and the Irish Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8115408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Fitzpatrick (0000-0002-4618-0700, Trinity College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 152 |
| Pages | 643-670 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1214 • E-ISSN: 2056-4139 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021121400001875 |
| OpenAlex | W4248553000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
The late Peter Hart's tentative yet provocative application of the term ‘ethnic cleansing’ to the Irish revolution, especially as practised in Co. Cork, continues to arouse widespread indignation and incredulity. Two associated issues have dominated the debate: the influence of sectarian hatred on the conduct of the I.R.A., and the extent to which Protestants were actually forced out of their homes by intimidation or fear. Though a few historians have endorsed Hart's claim that a substantial number of Protestants were murdered or expelled because of their religion, most argue that such attacks were primarily motivated by political or economic rather than sectarian motives. Similar points have been made, from the revolutionary epoch onwards, by liberal Protestants as well as republican sympathisers, whose rejection of the ‘ethnic cleansing’ hypothesis has sometimes degenerated into vicious ad hominem attacks on Hart and his allies. The issue of motivation is notoriously resistant to historical analysis: all motives are mixed, some are deliberately concealed, and others are unconscious. Little would be gained by making yet another attempt to disentangle the often contradictory hopes, fears, resentments, and rationalisations underlying republican conduct in the revolutionary years
Criminology · Epithet · Ethnic group · Hatred · Indignation · Irish · Millenarianism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Resentment · Sociology · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |