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History Ireland

Forkhill Protestants and Forkhill Catholics, 1787-1858

by (author) Kyla Madden

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2007
Category
Ireland, Religion, Politics & State
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773530607
    Publish Date
    Mar 2007
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773572614
    Publish Date
    Nov 2005
    List Price
    $95.00

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In the late eighteenth century, an influx of Protestant settlers to the mainly Catholic parish of Forkhill on the Ulster borderlands provoked clashes between natives and newcomers. None was more horrific than the brutal attack on a Protestant schoolmaster and his family in the winter of 1791. The conflict was immediately cast in sectarian terms, leading to more than 200 years of ill-will. But was it a misdiagnosis? Forkhill Protestants and Forkhill Catholics explores the social history of the parish between 1787 and 1858. In a wide-ranging analysis, Kyla Madden demonstrates that there was a greater degree of cooperation and exchange between Catholics and Protestants than the historical record has acknowledged. Madden contends that since some of our widely held assumptions about the patterns of Irish history dissolve under scrutiny at the local level, they should be more cautiously applied on a larger scale.

About the author

Kyla Madden is assistant professor of Irish history, Queen's University.

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