Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820

Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820: Apprenticeship to Revolution is a comparative study of the political activities of workers in three Irish cities: Dublin, Belfast and Cork. It investigates how Ireland’s journeymen and apprentices engaged in campaigns for political reform, as well as in revolutionary conspiracies, during the years 1776 to 1820.  This book marks the first ever attempt to analyse the role of Irish workers in the creation of eighteenth-century republicanism,