Grattan's Failure: Parliamentary Opposition and the People in Ireland, 1779-1800

by Danny Mansergh

Throws new light on the underlying causes of the 1798 rebellion and 1800 Act of Union, by examining the connection between parliamentary and extra-parliamentary agitation between 1779 and 1800. Despite the title the book is not biographical but centres upon aspects of the ideology and political practice of Henry Grattan. This is because it is contended that Grattan was the Irish MP most deeply and frequently involved in manipulating popular movements...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716528150
• ISBN13: 9780716528159
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Length: 337 Pages