Ireland holds fiercely to her identity. Starting with the Act of Union in the 1800s, historian George Dangerfield dives into the "Irish Question." Dealing with such events as the Easter Rising and the famine, The Damnable Question explains Ireland's intense patriotism even after so many people immigrated to the United States. - Publisher.

Includes maps of: Dublin, 1916.

Famine -- Disturbance -- The troubling of the waters -- The liberals : David Lloyd George -- The liberals : Birrell, Asquith and Home Rule -- The Orange drum : 1911-1912 -- The new style : 1912-1914 -- Dublin : November 1913-March 1914 -- Belfast and Dublin : March-August 1914 -- Mr. Redmond's Rubicon : August and September 1914 -- The military council : September 1914-August 1915 -- Dublin, New York, Berlin : May 1915-March 1916 -- To the general post office : 9 April-24 April 1916 -- The rising : 24 April-30 April 1916 -- Terrible beauty : 1 May-12 May 1916 -- Lloyd George negotiates : 16 May-16 July 1916 -- The rise of Sinn Fein : August 1916-November 1917 -- Conscription and vindication : January 1918-1919 -- The unfinished revolution : February 1919-December 1921.