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The Origins of Sectarianism in Early Modern Ireland
Contemporary Review, Summer, 2006
The Origins of Sectarianism in Early Modern Ireland. Alan Ford and John McCafferty, editors. Cambridge University Pess. [pounds sterling]50.00 (US$90.00). ix + 249 pages. ISBN 0-521-83755-3. This collection of eleven essays originated in a symposium held in University College, Dublin in 1998. Sectarianism and in particular sectarian fanaticism are often regarded as part of Irish history yet in what is now the Republic the history and origins have been 'under-researched.' This collection is an attempt to remedy that situation.
It begins with a general introduction by Prof. Ford after which the remaining essays look at: the early Stuart episcopate; the work of Catholic bishops between 1618 and 1653; the importance of English Catholic migration to Ireland between 1540 and 1640, a fascinating insight into a little understood phenomenon; the development of a Protestant historiography of Ireland in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries; an investigation into Samantha Meigs' argument about the importance of the Gaelic literati (the aos dana) on Irish religious history; the importance of Florence Conry and Hugh McCaughwell on religious development; 'division and dissent' within Irish Catholicism (one of the most incisive papers); the plight of the old Catholic aristocracy when faced with organised Protestant emigration from England and Scotland; and, finally, a look at the preceding essays in a conclusion. This is a most welcome collection that adds new and refreshing insights into the complex and many-layered history of Ireland in this period. (P.P.F.)
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