Borders and Boundaries: Historical Perspectives(Routledge Studies in Modern History)

This book examines the making and remaking of borders and boundaries primarily relating to Ireland. Borders and Boundaries features selected papers from the 33rd Irish Conference of Historians held by the University of Galway in May 2021 on the theme of ‘Borders and Boundaries’. It covers the medieval to the contemporary, allowing a long view to be taken of the north-west border of Ireland, the borders of the early modern state, the impact of the partition of Ireland and social boundaries in the late twentieth century. It aims to stimulate debate and highlight how borders can be written out of history while remaining essential to comprehending the making and remaking of our worlds. This volume will be of value for those interested in border studies, Irish history and modern history.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction Tomás Finn and Kieran Hoare 2 Limerick c. AD 1200 – A frontier city in Europe’s Wild West’ Catherine Swift 3 Territorial changes in late pre-invasion Ireland’ Seán Ó Hoireabhárd 4 Urban Oligarchies and Border Society in later medieval Ireland’ Kieran Hoare 5 The 1525 Laws of Guînes, the defence of the Calais Pale and the re-emergence of English colonialism Neil Murphy 6 Conquest or restoration: extending the English Pale in early Tudor Ireland Steven Ellis 7 The Final Tudor Frontier: the north-west of Ireland Chris Maginn 8 "Good fences make good neighbours"? Borders and their management in early modern times Raingard Esser 9 Building Narratives: Ireland and the Borders of Architectural History Leslie Herman 10 The boundaries of Protestant Sex before 1916: Abstracts from the 1901 and 1911 census data Barry Keane 11 The Day-to-Day Effects of Partition Cormac Moore 12 ‘No border? The idea of the ‘Protestant Free State’ within independent Ireland after 1922’ Ian d’Alton 13 Fault Lines of Trade Union Disunity, 1922-1939 Gerard Hanley 14 ‘‘A peripatetic university of social ideas’ –John Hayes and the international origins of Muintir na Tire’s ‘Rural Weeks’ Barry Sheppard 15 Beyond the pale? Representations of the Teddy boy subculture in Irish theatre, 1955-1965 Ciara Molloy 16 Politics and the praxis of power: the political establishment and the talented young in post WWII Ireland Tomas Finn 17 Margaret Thatcher, partition and the Irish border, 1979-1990 Stephen Kelly

About the Author :
Tomás Finn is Lecturer in History at the University of Galway. He has published a book and articles on the role of intellectuals and the influence of ideas in the modernisation of Ireland. These include his monograph Tuairim, Intellectual Debate and Policy Formulation: Rethinking Ireland, 1954–75. Kieran Hoare works as an archivist at University of Galway Library. His research interests cover urban studies in later medieval Ireland.