Ireland's Incorporation: An ‘Excusable Mistake’?
The motives of the pro- and anti-Union forces in Ireland in the years leading to 1800 are analysed. As in Scotland in 1707 they were mixed, but trade, security, and material interests all played a role. Security was the most important consideration on the British side, but the economic gains to be had from integration also featured. The union was stillborn because of King George III’s veto of Catholic emancipation in 1801.
Keywords: Act of Union 1800, Irish rebellion of 1798, French revolutionary wars, ascendancy, Catholic emancipation, William Pitt, Henry Grattan, royal veto, George III
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