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- Title
An Incorporating Union? British Politicians and Ireland 1800-1830.
- Authors
Hoppen, K. Theodore
- Abstract
The article reports on the significance of the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland. The Act of Union between the two countries which come into force on January 1, 1800 was the outcome of immediate military necessity. It was also the outcome of decades of spasmodic thought by politicians on both sides of the Irish Sea concerning the relationship between the two islands. But while the overall intention was undoubtedly an integrative one, a failure to understand the nature of Irish politics and society together with the pressing imperatives of war with France generated a casual and shallow attitude towards administrative detail and undermined those master plans.
- Subjects
IRELAND; UNITED Kingdom; MILITARY unions; MILITARY necessity; NECESSITY (International law); INTERNATIONAL law; INTERNATIONAL relations; GOVERNMENT policy; POLITICAL science
- Publication
English Historical Review, 2008, Vol 123, Issue 501, p328
- ISSN
0013-8266
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ehr/cen009