The transformation of the Society of United Irishmen into a mass-based revolutionary organisation, 1794-6

Curtin, Nancy J.

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“…It is repeatedly referenced that the French Revolution, which was coming to a close, heavily influenced the 1798 Rebellion, led by Theobald Wolfe Tone. 15 This tradition of learning from, and being inspired by, external groups has continued across each generation of Irish Republican groups since. This is most apparent during the Troubles.…”

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Copying to be Different: Violent Dissident Irish Republican Learning

Morrison

2016

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

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While the impact of the Troubles retains centrality within much of Northern Irish political life, the spectre of almost daily violence is becoming a more distant memory. Peace has come to the region. In spite of this, however, there are those who wish to maintain the utility of violence to achieve their stated aims. Most dominant amongst these are the violent dissident republican groups. No longer is their existence solely defined by their desire to bring about a united Ireland. In order to have any opportunity of longevity, they must first legitimise their continued existence, and in turn distance themselves from their former Provisional comrades. This paper assesses how groups, such as the Continuity IRA, Óglaigh na hÉireann and the IRA/New IRA utilise the lessons learned from their Provisional history to differentiate themselves from the politicised dominance of Sinn Féin. This evaluation is carried out through the analysis of interviews with leadership and rank and file members of both political and paramilitary dissident groupings, which is complimented by the analysis of the Violent Dissident Republican (VDR) events database. These sources are supplemented with the assessment of organisational statements, from 2007 to the present day. The article focuses on violent, and non-violent, learning.

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Copying to be Different: Violent Dissident Irish Republican Learning

Morrison

2016

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

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“…The 1790s saw artisans demanding their political rights; it witnessed the massive mobilization and merger of the United Irishmen and Defenders in Ireland, an increasingly important recruiting ground for the armed forces. 20 In Tyneside, bitter confrontations with the press gang were punctuated with radical rhetoric; at South Shields, a liberty pole was erected in the market place to the shock of shipowners. And sixpenny editions of Paine's Rights of Man abounded.…”

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The politics of mutiny: The Pompée at Spithead and beyond, 1797

Rogers

2021

International Journal of Maritime History

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This is a micro-study of the most radical ship in the Spithead mutiny of 1797, the Pompée, which experienced another mutiny soon after the Spithead confrontation was settled. The court martial papers of this singular event reveal a politically divided crew, which leads one to reconsider the dynamics of mutiny in this tumultuous year. I argue against the conventional interpretation of inside-outside influences, of pre-political seamen infiltrated by radical forces and also against reductive binaries such as mutiny versus subversion. While stressing the seamen's own capacity for collective action and their exposure to the political currents of the 1790s, I suggest the Pompée's experience illustrates the volatility of maritime protest in a rapidly changing environment in which Britain dug deep into its population, maritime and non-maritime, national and international, to man its fleets.

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O ' C onnor, A rthur (1763–1852)

Conner¹

2009

The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest

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Arthur O'Connor is the most important Irish revolutionary most people have never heard of. As one of the central leaders of the United Irishmen at the time of the 1798 Rebellion, he played a significant role in the origins of Irish republicanism and Irish nationalism. But for an accident of weather – a storm preventing a French army led by General Lazare Hoche from landing at Bantry Bay in December 1796 – English domination of Ireland would have received a severe challenge from a liberation army commanded by General Arthur O'Connor. Today, however, his name and reputation are not nearly as well remembered as are those of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Robert Emmet, and several others of his United Irish colleagues.

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The transformation of the Society of United Irishmen into a mass-based revolutionary organisation, 1794-6

Cited by 17 publications

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Copying to be Different: Violent Dissident Irish Republican Learning

Copying to be Different: Violent Dissident Irish Republican Learning

The politics of mutiny: The Pompée at Spithead and beyond, 1797

O ' C onnor, A rthur (1763–1852)

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