Memories of violence and New English Identities in early modern Ireland

TY - JOUR

T1 - Memories of violence and New English Identities in early modern Ireland

AU - Redmond, Joan

PY - 2016/11

Y1 - 2016/11

N2 - This article explores the violence surrounding the collapse of the Munster plantation in 1598. It situates this event in the wider context of violence in early modern Ireland, and highlights both similarities and differences in the behaviour seen there, and in other, better-explored Irish episodes of violence. It also argues that while the memory of those earlier settlers was apparently forgotten or silenced, violence in 1598 played a significant part in how later violent incidents in Ireland were narrated, particularly the 1641 rebellion, and that consequently Munster played an important role in New English identity-building in the early modern period.

AB - This article explores the violence surrounding the collapse of the Munster plantation in 1598. It situates this event in the wider context of violence in early modern Ireland, and highlights both similarities and differences in the behaviour seen there, and in other, better-explored Irish episodes of violence. It also argues that while the memory of those earlier settlers was apparently forgotten or silenced, violence in 1598 played a significant part in how later violent incidents in Ireland were narrated, particularly the 1641 rebellion, and that consequently Munster played an important role in New English identity-building in the early modern period.

U2 - 10.1111/1468-2281.12143

DO - 10.1111/1468-2281.12143

M3 - Article

SN - 0950-3471

VL - 89

SP - 708

EP - 729

JO - HISTORICAL RESEARCH

JF - HISTORICAL RESEARCH

IS - 246

ER -