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The
Ireland That We Made by David R. C. Hudson 256 pp., 6 x 9, Index Cloth 978-1-884836-97-8; $39.95 SALE: $15.98
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| The Ireland That
We Made examines the origins, the
ideas, and the development and collapse of the policies pursued by
Unionist chief secretaries for Ireland between 1887 and 1905. These
policies were generally referred to collectively as Construction
Unionism, and also (more critically) as “Killing Ireland with
Kindness.” The principal exponents of Constructive
Unionism—Arthur and Gerald Balfour and George
Wyndham—transformed Ireland beyond recognition, though in the
end
they (and Ireland) were the victims of their own success as Ireland
left the Union with Great Britain in 1922.
This study challenges a number of orthodoxies, most notably the claim that the policies associated with Constructive Unionism were both inconsequential and incoherent—essentially an aberration when set against the broad trend of British policy in Ireland. Furthermore, this study will suggest that there was nothing inevitable about Ireland’s departure from the Union with Great Britain in 1922. Previous studies have perhaps been too ready to assume that Britain’s Irish policy between 1887 and 1905 savored more of Westminster than the west of Ireland. Compelling evidence is offered here that Constructive Unionism may in fact have represented Britain’s finest hour in Ireland. |
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David R. C. Hudson has been a Lecturer and Academic Advisor in the Department of History, Texas A&M University since Fall 1998. He received his Ph.D in History from Texas A&M in 1998. |
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