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Introduction
Erin is a historian of modern Ireland and Britain and is based at the Boston College Libraries. Her research explores the relationship between media and politics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is particularly interested in newspaper coverage of Ireland during its revolutionary period. Previous research projects include studies of the British national press and British suffrage press coverage of Ireland.
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Current institution
Boston Collge
Education
September 2015 - November 2018
September 2011 - November 2012
Field of study
- Empires, Colonialism, and Globalization
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Chapter 2 analyses the evolution of events in Ireland in the immediate post-war period, 1919–20. It considers the hierarchy of the British government’s agenda following the Armistice and the growth of the republican movement under Sinn Féin. During this period, the press and British government reconsidered the Irish question in the context of the I...
Chapter 4 examines the implementation of the Government of Ireland Act and the continued pressure on the government to resolve the Irish question throughout 1921. It focuses analysis on press responses to the application of martial law and the role of the act in loosening the British government’s attachment to long-held policies, which resulted in...
This book investigates the way the British national press covered Ireland and the ‘Irish question’ from the aftermath of the Easter Rising in 1916 to the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922. Bridging the fields of history and media studies, it seeks to add to our understanding of the complex relationship between the press and politics. U...
The conclusion offers a summary of the main arguments presented in this book. It considers the broader context of the Anglo-Irish relationship and the British press coverage of the Irish question. In doing so, it hopes to underscore the impact and value of exploring the British press connection with Irish affairs.
Beginning with an overview of the 1916 Easter Rising, Chapter 1 examines press coverage of the government’s Irish policy during the 1917–18 Irish Convention. The events of the uprising and the political fallout thereafter challenged the British government’s Irish policy. The intent of the Irish Convention was to secure a resolution to the Irish que...
Chapter 5 analyses the transformation of the Irish question throughout 1921–22 and the press coverage of the negotiation process leading to the signing and ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Collectively, apart from the Morning Post , the press commentary centred on achieving a settlement and warned of the consequences of failure. This coverag...
Chapter 3 examines the period of 1920–21 with a focus on the Government of Ireland Act. This act represented a continuation of past home rule proposals but with some attempt to deal with the Ulster question through the establishment of two home rule parliaments. Press and parliamentary debate on this act occurred alongside the violence of the Irish...
The Irish question and women’s suffrage were two noteworthy topics of debate in Britain and Ireland in the period surrounding the Great War. Both questions challenged British constitutional politics, split opinion, and prompted newspaper coverage. This article is interested in the debates as they occurred in Britain. Through a case study of two Bri...
