Booklet titled 'Eoin Magennis: Protestant nationalism in Ulster, 1890-1910: Francis Joseph Bigger and the writing of The Ulster Land War of 1770'

Reference code: HOYFM.ACL2023.9/18/2
Level of description: Item
Title: Booklet titled 'Eoin Magennis: Protestant nationalism in Ulster, 1890-1910: Francis Joseph Bigger and the writing of The Ulster Land War of 1770'
Scope and content: A book titled 'Protestant Nationalism in Ulster, 1890-1910: Francis Joseph Bigger and the Writing of The Ulster Land War of 1770. It is an analysis of Bigger's book 'The Ulster Land War of 1770' that attempts to place the book within the wider context of late 19th-century romantic European nationalism and the history of Irish nationalism and cultural revival in Ulster. Magennis argues that Bigger was attempting to convince Protestant tenants that they had more in common with nationalists than their 'oppressive landlords' and was attempting to convince nationalists that Ulster had a history of revolt and that its people were misled by unionism. A note written by Magennis on the front addressed to Roger, suggests the book was sent to Roger Dixon for his work on Bigger