ALAN F. PARKINSON

Friends in High PlacesUlster’s resistance to Irish Home Rule,

1912–14

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‘This is a riveting book, meticulously researched, and a well-written

analysis that places the Ulster Unionist struggle against the Third

Home Rule Bill in its wider British context. Alan Parkinson presents

a refreshing, compelling and balanced account of a pivotal period

in modern Irish history.’DR EAMON PHOENIX

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The island of Ireland was on the cusp of Home Rule towards the end of theEdwardian period. Only the determined opposition of Ulster unionists and

their allies in Great Britain prevented this from occurring. Loyalists exhibitedgenuine feelings of besiegement and isolation between 1912 and 1914 and manyobservers believed Ireland was, by the summer of 1914, on the verge of civil war.On the eve of the centenary of perhaps the most significant event in Ulster duringthese two years – the signing of Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant – this booktells the story of Ulster’s organised resistance to the Third Home Rule Bill, and inparticular assesses the nature and degree of success of unionists’ political andpropaganda campaigns. The central focus of this book is the vital interdependenceof Ulster unionists and the British establishment during the late Edwardian period.It analyses the true nature of this relationship and also examines the significanceof key events during these crucial years of Ulster’s resistance to Irish Home Rule.With its timely publication in 2012, this book is a must-read for those with aninterest in this pivotal period of early twentieth-century Irish political history.

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