Irish nationalist autobiographies of the nineteenth century were shaped by two cultural imperativ... more Irish nationalist autobiographies of the nineteenth century were shaped by two cultural imperatives in particular. One was the demand from nationalism for tales of representative men and women; the other was the wider Victorian demand for self-defining narratives,, a symptom of what Thomas Carlyle called these 'Autobiographical times' (1896b: 75). In fact, autobiography emerged as a privileged genre in nationalist culture at the same time as it became a favoured form of self-definition in bourgeois culture generally (Gay, 1996: 103ff). In nineteenth-century nationalist Ireland the most influential and well-known autobiographies were those of Wolfe Tone, John Mitchel and Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, but many of the leading figures of the Young Ireland and Fenian movements also published popular memoirs, including
Under the regular column heading of 'State of the Country' in the Nation of i July 1848, ... more Under the regular column heading of 'State of the Country' in the Nation of i July 1848, shortly before the suppression of the newspaper for sedition, a subheading appears advising the reader to 'Read, Mark, Learn, and Inwardly Digest' the contents of the following two columns of reports, which are all concerned with 'exterminations' (a term applied to both evictions and to fmme deaths). The advice is worth noting because it draws attention to the ultimately pedagogic and utilitarian intentions of the paper. One is not merely to read, but to make use of the material presented, to absorb it into the bloodstream, so to speak, make it food for thought or action. The stories of death and suffering and cruelty and despair are more than brute facts. They are facts which have implications and latent power for the editors of the Nation, the provision of news was a means to an end, not an end in itself. One might say that this small but representative item indicates a...
The song laments the fate of the United Irish rebels, whose noble cause was rewarded by death, ex... more The song laments the fate of the United Irish rebels, whose noble cause was rewarded by death, exile or, even worse, popular disavowal but whose heroic gesture has nevertheless 'kindled here a living blaze /That nothing shall withstand'. The (male) listener is encouraged to become a 'true man' by joining the faithful band who continue to admire and remember the United men, who drink to their memory, and who hope someday to 'act as brave a part'. For several reasons, this song seems an apt introduction to the complex and contradictory meanings of'1798' within the nationalist culture of the 1840s. At one level, the song argues for the existence of a political continuity between the United Irish and the Young Ireland movements:
... biographies of Irish nationalist heroes such as The Life and Times of Aodh O'Nei... more ... biographies of Irish nationalist heroes such as The Life and Times of Aodh O'Neill (1846), written by none other than John Mitchel, though McNevin's choice of Franklin's Autobiography as a model is indicative of the bourgeois nature of the Young Ireland movement, and the "self ...
... 130 Thomas Duddy The Peculiar opinions of an Irish Platonist: The life and Thought of Thomas ... more ... 130 Thomas Duddy The Peculiar opinions of an Irish Platonist: The life and Thought of Thomas Maguire 143 III IdeologIeS oF naTIon and IdenTITy Marjorie Howes Tears and Blood: lady Wilde and the emergence of Irish Cultural nationalism 151 Page 2. ...
Irish nationalist autobiographies of the nineteenth century were shaped by two cultural imperativ... more Irish nationalist autobiographies of the nineteenth century were shaped by two cultural imperatives in particular. One was the demand from nationalism for tales of representative men and women; the other was the wider Victorian demand for self-defining narratives,, a symptom of what Thomas Carlyle called these 'Autobiographical times' (1896b: 75). In fact, autobiography emerged as a privileged genre in nationalist culture at the same time as it became a favoured form of self-definition in bourgeois culture generally (Gay, 1996: 103ff). In nineteenth-century nationalist Ireland the most influential and well-known autobiographies were those of Wolfe Tone, John Mitchel and Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, but many of the leading figures of the Young Ireland and Fenian movements also published popular memoirs, including
Under the regular column heading of 'State of the Country' in the Nation of i July 1848, ... more Under the regular column heading of 'State of the Country' in the Nation of i July 1848, shortly before the suppression of the newspaper for sedition, a subheading appears advising the reader to 'Read, Mark, Learn, and Inwardly Digest' the contents of the following two columns of reports, which are all concerned with 'exterminations' (a term applied to both evictions and to fmme deaths). The advice is worth noting because it draws attention to the ultimately pedagogic and utilitarian intentions of the paper. One is not merely to read, but to make use of the material presented, to absorb it into the bloodstream, so to speak, make it food for thought or action. The stories of death and suffering and cruelty and despair are more than brute facts. They are facts which have implications and latent power for the editors of the Nation, the provision of news was a means to an end, not an end in itself. One might say that this small but representative item indicates a...
The song laments the fate of the United Irish rebels, whose noble cause was rewarded by death, ex... more The song laments the fate of the United Irish rebels, whose noble cause was rewarded by death, exile or, even worse, popular disavowal but whose heroic gesture has nevertheless 'kindled here a living blaze /That nothing shall withstand'. The (male) listener is encouraged to become a 'true man' by joining the faithful band who continue to admire and remember the United men, who drink to their memory, and who hope someday to 'act as brave a part'. For several reasons, this song seems an apt introduction to the complex and contradictory meanings of'1798' within the nationalist culture of the 1840s. At one level, the song argues for the existence of a political continuity between the United Irish and the Young Ireland movements:
... biographies of Irish nationalist heroes such as The Life and Times of Aodh O'Nei... more ... biographies of Irish nationalist heroes such as The Life and Times of Aodh O'Neill (1846), written by none other than John Mitchel, though McNevin's choice of Franklin's Autobiography as a model is indicative of the bourgeois nature of the Young Ireland movement, and the "self ...
... 130 Thomas Duddy The Peculiar opinions of an Irish Platonist: The life and Thought of Thomas ... more ... 130 Thomas Duddy The Peculiar opinions of an Irish Platonist: The life and Thought of Thomas Maguire 143 III IdeologIeS oF naTIon and IdenTITy Marjorie Howes Tears and Blood: lady Wilde and the emergence of Irish Cultural nationalism 151 Page 2. ...
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