The French are in the bay : the expedition to Bantry Bay 1796 / edited by John A. Murphy.
Contributor(s): Murphy, John A
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BookPublisher: Cork : Mercier Press, 1997Description: 199 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1856351718.Subject(s): French Expedition to Ireland, 1796-1797 | Ireland -- History -- 1760-1820DDC classification: 941.507 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 941.507 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00076339 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store Item | 941.507 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00067100 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This work deals with the events of 1796, and explores the perennial question of Irish Republicanism, with particular reference to Wolfe Tone and the United Irishmen. It also explores the various facets of the historical and political background in Europe, the military, naval and demographic aspects of the expedition itself and its political destiny, as well as the impact on the popular consciousness, and the literary and folklore traditions which ensued.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198).
Introduction / John A. Murphy -- Anatomy of a Failure / Hugh Gough -- The Weather and Political Destiny / John Tyrrell -- 'The Invasion that never was' / Thomas Bartlett -- 'In the Service of the Republic'? / Tom Dunne -- The South Munster Region in the 1790s / David Dickson -- Bantry Bay: the Wider Context / Kevin Whelan -- 'The French are on the say'/ Gearoid O Crualaoich -- Irish Political Balladry / Nicholas Carolan -- The idea of a town in Bantry / Kevin Hourihan -- As others saw us / Sean O Coileain.