Acts of Union

The causes, contexts, and consequences of the Act of Union

Dáire Keogh & Kevin Whelan, editors

This book offers a much needed reappraisal of one of the pivotal moments in the evolution of Anglo-Irish relations, which still has constitutional, political and cultural echoes today. Despite its acknowledged importance, remarkably little has been published on this topic over the last quarter century. This collection of essays surveys the Union within a long term and comparative perspective. It explores the earlier (1707) Union with Scotland, the circumstances leading to its passing in Ireland in 1800, and the enduring effects - political, economic, and cultural -which flowed from it.