The Shadow of a Year: The 1641 Rebellion in Irish History and Memory

Acknowledgments

xi Acknowledgments Most of the research and and much of the writing of this book took place under the auspices of a Government of Ireland fellowship held at the Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway. Earlier versions of parts of the text have been published as “‘Facts Newly Stated’: John Curry, the 1641 Rebellion, andCatholicRevisionisminEighteenth-CenturyIreland,1747–80,”Éire-Ireland: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies 44, no. 3–4 (Fall/Winter 2009): 248–77; “Walter Love’s ‘Bloody Massacre’: An Unfinished Study in Irish Cultural History, 1641–1963,” Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 110C (2010): 217–37; and “Protestant Interests? The 1641 Rebellion and State Formation in Early Modern Ireland,” Historical Research 84 (Feb. 2011): 67–86. I would like to thank, respectively, the Irish American Cultural Institute, the Royal Irish Academy, and the Institute of Historical Research for permission to reproduce this material. I would also like to thank the Board of the British Library, the Board of the National Library of Ireland, the Board of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City Archives, and the Honourable Society of King’s Inns for permission to quote from unpublished material in their possession. On a personal level, a number of people made my life much easier in the course of working on this book, most especially Nicholas Canny, Carmel Connolly, Emily Cullen, Eamon Darcy, Kevin Forkan, Ted McCormick, Edward Madigan, Christopher Maginn, Brian ÓConchubair, Grace O’Keefe, Kate O’Malley, Orla Power, and Jim Smyth, who all provided encouragement and support of one kind or another. Karl Bottigheimer generously responded to my query about the late Walter Love. Aidan Clarke, Christopher Fox, and Hiram Morgan provided me with unpublished material. I naturally wish to thank the staffs of the various libraries that I used in the course of my research, but I should single out Aedin Clements (Notre Dame), Kieran Hoare (National University of Ireland, Galway), and Gerry Kavanagh (National Library of xii Acknowledgments Ireland) for going above and beyond the call of duty. Elizabethanne Boran, Eamon Darcy, Kevin Forkan, Brian Hanley, Jason McHugh, James McConnel, Robin Usher, and Kevin Whelan provided me with all kinds of arcane references and sources. Brendan Kane furnished me with a copy of a useful book and Jane Ohlmeyer kindly submitted to an interview. Tommy Graham extended invitations to discuss the topic before audiences in Letterkenny, Derry, the National Library of Ireland, and the Electric Picnic in Stradbally; Micheal ÓSiochrú invited me to speak to another audience at Trinity College Dublin. Guy Beiner commented on the introduction, and Aidan Clarke provided me with a forensic commentary on an earlier version of the manuscript, thereby improving it immeasurably. James S. Donnelly nudged it toward the finishing line with exemplary patience. Eileen O’Neill prepared the index. Breandán Mac Suibhne deserves some credit for the title whether he likes it or not. I can only apologize to any colleagues or friends whose assistance I have forgotten. Finally, I owe profound debts to my family and, last but never least, to Liza Costello. The Shadow of a Year ...