Nonviolence in Irish History This pamphlet appeared in April 1978 as a double issue of DAWN magazine (Nos. 38-39) and had a print run of 2,000 copies. The second printing, of 2,500 copies, was done in August 1979. It is now out of print but can be photocopied for the cost of copying and postage; enquire to INNATE. It is carried here in its original text (but without illustrations) except for the following additions/corrections; 1) this new introduction 2) corrections for typographical errors and one or two errors of fact, and 3) omission of outdated information, e.g. addresses of organisations and biographical notes on contributors. While there would have been the option of updating some of the material, particularly the “Peace groups since the ‘thirties” piece, it was felt more desirable to leave it basically as it stood. The story of the Peace People to 1987 appeared in a Dawn Train pamphlet, “The Peace People Experience” which is available on this website and also available as a printed pamphlet from INNATE. Dawn DAWN, ‘an Irish Journal of Nonviolence’ was a monthly magazine produced from 1974-1985 covering ‘nonviolent action, civil liberties, and movements for change’; it also produced the occasional publication DAWN TRAIN. DAWN was an associate publication of the War Resisters International among other international connections. INNATE is, in effect, a successor organisation to DAWN. 1 Contents Nonviolence in Irish History - Dawn Analysis.......................................................................................................................................3 Daniel O’Connell and Nonviolence ...........................................................................................................................................................6 Philosophical Background......................................................................................................................................................................6 Constitutionalism....................................................................................................................................................................................7 Campaign for Catholic Emancipation 1823-28 ......................................................................................................................................7 Repeal.....................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Conclusion..............................................................................................................................................................................................9 References and further reading.............................................................................................................................................................10 Quaker Non-Violence In Irish History.....................................................................................................................................................11 Philanthropy .........................................................................................................................................................................................11 1798 Uprising.......................................................................................................................................................................................11 Anti-Slavery .........................................................................................................................................................................................11 Famine Relief .......................................................................................................................................................................................11 Soup Kitchens ......................................................................................................................................................................................12 Other Relief..........................................................................................................................................................................................12 Diversification......................................................................................................................................................................................13 Rectitude ..............................................................................................................................................................................................13 Twentieth Century................................................................................................................................................................................13 Civil War..............................................................................................................................................................................................14 Conclusions ..........................................................................................................................................................................................14 Congenial Puritanism ...........................................................................................................................................................................15 Money Morality....................................................................................................................................................................................15 Notes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................16 The First Boycott......................................................................................................................................................................................17 Michael Davitt and the Land League .......................................................................................................................................................19 Land Nationalisation ............................................................................................................................................................................19 Boycott Instead of Outrage...................................................................................................................................................................20 The ‘Other’ Irish in America....................................................................................................................................................................22 1. Abolitionist Movement.....................................................................................................................................................................22 2. The Radical Temperance Movement................................................................................................................................................23 Newspapers and the Land League........................................................................................................................................................24 4. Internationalism and Politics ............................................................................................................................................................24 5. The New Imperialism.......................................................................................................................................................................25 6. The Communards .............................................................................................................................................................................25 7. Conclusion........................................................................................................................................................................................27 Non-violent political action and Irish politics in the early Twentieth Century ........................................................................................28 Libertarian Socialism ...........................................................................................................................................................................28 1913 Lockout........................................................................................................................................................................................29 Sheehy-Skeffington's Activism ............................................................................................................................................................29 After 1916 ............................................................................................................................................................................................30 Failure Of Ideals...................................................................................................................................................................................30 Notes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................30