Placing Poland at the heart of Irishness

Dr Adam Kucharski, a historian, holds a PhD from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan. His research interests focus on Irish–Polish relations in the nineteenth century. He is the author and editor of publications concerning Irish–Polish historical relations as well as the Polish and Irish past.

• Abbreviations 1 From the Polish Partitions to the NovemberUprising, 1772–1830 1.1 Poland and Ireland in the End of Eighteenth and Beginning of theNineteenth Century 1.2 Tribunes and Dynamics of Irish Interest in Polish Affairs 1.3 Main Points of Interest 1.3.1 Three Partitions of Poland (1772–1795) 1.3.2 The Napoleonic Era 1.3.3 The Congress of Vienna (1814–1815) and the Kingdom ofPoland Conclusion 2 The November Uprising: the Significance of thePolish Struggle 2.1 The Uprising 2.1.1 International Dimension 2.1.2 Internal Developments 2.2 Statistics and Geography of the Irish Reaction to the NovemberUprising 2.3 The Irish Knowledge of, and Attitude towards, the PolishRevolution Conclusion 3 The Irish in Relation to Poland and the Poles, 1832–1849 3.1 Poland and Ireland in the 1830s and 1840s 3.1.1 Poland after the Collapse of the Uprising 3.1.2 Ireland since Catholic Emancipation 3.2 Information and Comments 3.3 Politics 3.4 Charity, Culture and Other Platforms of Engagement Conclusion 4 Poland in the Context of Irish Political Affairs, 1831–1849 Conclusion Epilogue Annex 1 Selected Letters and Documents ConcerningDifferent Aspects of Irish-Polish Relations Annex 2 Poetry, Songs, and Other Literary Texts Regarding PolandPublished in the Irish Newspapers between 1831 and 1849 List of Figures Bibliography Index