Divided Welcome
Queen Victoria’s final visit to Ireland in April 1900 became a matter of immediate political...
British Empire
Loyal Ireland
Unionist opinion has interpreted the enthusiastic public welcome given to Queen Victoria as convincing evidence...
Nationalist Defiance
Maud Gonne and other advanced nationalists have organised determined opposition to Queen Victoria’s visit, rejecting...
Pageantry Challenged
Nationalist newspapers have criticised Queen Victoria’s visit as an elaborate imperial spectacle staged while poverty,...
Cheering Crowds
Large crowds have lined the route of Queen Victoria’s procession from Kingstown towards Dublin, creating...
Irish Commandos
Irish volunteers are continuing to fight beside the Boer commandos in South Africa, creating a...
Divided Loyalties
Irish soldiers continue to fight with British forces in South Africa while nationalist opposition to...
New Nationalism
Pro-Boer feeling is giving renewed confidence to younger Irish nationalists who have grown dissatisfied with...
Boer Rallies
Public support for the Boer republics has taken a prominent civic form in Limerick as...
Boers Defended
Nationalists throughout Limerick are following a forceful parliamentary protest against Britain’s continuing war in South...