Philosophy of Irish Ireland

D.P. MORAN David Patrick Moran (1869-1936), son of a Waterford businessmen, became a London journalist in 1887. He later returned to Ireland and from 1900 until his death he owned an edited the Leader, a weekly paper noted for its caustic commentary on public affairs. PATRICK MAUME Patrick Maume is a researcher with the Dictionary of Irish Biography, and the author of The Long Gestation: Irish Nationalist Life, 1891-1918 (Dublin, 1999). He has edited several titles in the Classics of Irish History series.

"This short work will be useful for all interested in Irish-and indeed United Kingdom-history on the eve of the Great War. Tom Garvin, editor of the series, and Maume as editor of this volume are to be commended for introducing us again to this seminal work." H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online Oct 2007 "University College Dublin Press has now published over thirty 'Classics of Irish History'. These contemporary accounts by well known personalities of historical events and attitudes have an immediacy that conventional histories do not have. Introductions by modern historians provide additional historical background and, with hindsight, objectivity." Books Ireland Nov 2007 "Scholars of nineteenth-century Irish and Irish-American politics should reacquaint themselves with these classics, part of a long running and immensely useful series from University College Dublin Press. Patrick Maume has edited and written the introductions for no less than nine of the books in this series, lending them his breadth of knowledge and keen analysis that have made him one of the most learned and intellectually generous young scholars in the field." Irish Literary Supplement Fall 2008

• Introduction by Patrick Maume; Preface to original volume; I Is the Irish Nation Dying?; II The Future of the Irish Nation; III The Pale and the Gael; IV Politics, Nationality and Snobs; V The Gaelic Revival; VI The Battle of Two Civilizations; Appendix, The Confessions of a Converted West Briton, from The Leader, 8 September 1900.