Enforcing silence : United Ireland, the Irish nationalist press and British governance, 1881-1891

Abstract

This thesis studies the impact of a vibrant and assertive nationalist press on the Irish policies of the Liberal government of William E. Gladstone and the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury during the agrarian and home rule agitation of the 1880s. It will examine the responses of both the Liberal and Tory governments to the highly aggressive commentary and denunciation emanating from Irish journals, many of which were edited by prominent nationalist political figures.