A New Day Dawning: A Portrait of Ireland in 1900A New Day Dawning describes the political and cultural ferment that gripped Ireland the last time a century turned. Based on contemporary books and newspaper sources, and copiously illustrated with photographs from the period, this book offers insights into the conditions that prevailed in the Ireland of 1900. There is an account of the crimes that captured public attention at a time when urban and rural poverty were rife, the emigrant ship remained a common experience, and the workhouse often provided a last refuge for the poor and for the old. Individual chapters look at how people lived in 1900. Irish nationalism, how important Irish unionism was to the people, the dawn of Irish literature in the new century, and a look at Ireland as part of the fin de siecle world. A final chapter asseses Ireland's advancement over the last century. |
Contents
How Irelands Twentieth Century Began | 17 |
CHAPTER 3 | 43 |
CHAPTER 4 | 87 |
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advanced nationalists Agriculture Belfast Boer Boer War Britain British Catholic Chief Secretary conservative constructive unionism contemporary country's cultural D.P. Moran decades Dublin Dunraven early economic Election emigration Empire England English Europe European Gaelic League Government Healy Home Rule Horace Plunkett Hyde Ibid Imperial industrial influence Irish Ireland Irish language Irish literary Irish nationalism Irish Party Irish political Irish unionists Irishman James Joyce John Redmond labour land landlords late leader literary revival living London Lord Maud Gonne ment modern Moore movement nationalist Ireland nineteenth century O'Brien organisation parliamentary nationalism Parnell Parnell's play police popular Queen Quoted Redmond reform Royal Royal Irish Constabulary September 1900 South Africa T.W. Russell tenants Theatre Tim Healy tion tradition turn turn-of-the-century Ireland tury twentieth century Ulster unionist Ireland United Irish League Victoria W.B. Yeats west of Ireland women workhouses writers Wyndham