A comparsion between two literary sources on the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. Richard Belling'... more A comparsion between two literary sources on the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. Richard Belling's The Confederation and war in Ireland (c. 1670) and the Aphorismical discovery of Treasonable Faction' (c. 1655). The accounts are both from Catholic authors who participated in the rebellion and the subsequent Confederate Catholic movement in Ireland.
However they also represent antagonistic Catholic factions who ended up fighting each other in 1648 over whether to enter an alliance with King Charles I without the establishment of the Catholic religion in Ireland and the reversal of previous siezures of Catholic owned land.
As well as being first hand sources on the rebellion itself, comparison of the accounts demonstrates the constrcutions of diverging and in the end bitterly opposed narratives among Irish Catholics - exposing divsions based on class, ethnicity and geography as well as religious committment.
An article on why, at time when British rule in Ireland had never been more benign and when negot... more An article on why, at time when British rule in Ireland had never been more benign and when negotiations for Irish self-government were ongoing, Irish separatists such as Sean McDermott saw an armed uprising as a desperate last throw to save Irish identity.
The subject of this MA is the life of Florence MacCarthy (c.1560-1640).
He was born the son o... more The subject of this MA is the life of Florence MacCarthy (c.1560-1640).
He was born the son of the chief of the MacCarthy Reagh clan. His family and sept established themselves as allies of the English in the Desmond rebellions and were not affected by the Munster plantation. However, Florence fell foul of their government in Munster after his marriage to the daughter of the MacCarthy Mor. He was arrested in 1588 as a precaution to avert the possibility that he would become MacCarthy Mor himself, which would have given him command over huge estates and thousands of followers.
He was held in London for two years. English strategy for the following ten years was to grant limited concessions to native lords but also to ‘dissipate’ their independent military power. However, during the crisis of the Nine Years War, the English reversed this policy and essentially acknowledged Florence as MacCarthy Mor, to secure south Munster from the rebels – in particular Florence’s brother in law Donal. However, Florence did not help the English military effort and secretly negotiated with the rebels and the Spaniards. He was arrested again only a month before the Spanish landing at Kinsale and spent his remaining 40 years in imprisonment in London.
The importance of Florence MacCarthy’s life is that is shows how the Gaelic aristocracy adapted to the Tudor re-conquest, transforming themselves from war-lords to landed gentry. Typically, those were most successful were from minor septs, such as the Muskerry MacCarthys, who had least to lose. Others, such as Florence, who tried to maintain the military and political power associated with the traditional titles were swept aside. On the other hand some of the most notorious rebels in Ireland were actually pardoned and went on to be respected figures in the 17th century.
This is a study of the media coverage of the contested events of the annual summer festivals in t... more This is a study of the media coverage of the contested events of the annual summer festivals in the three provincial capitals of the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain in the summer of 2009. The festivals were controversial as the President of the region, for the first time since 1980, not a Basque nationalist, forbade the display of any symbols, posters, banners or marches that could be deemed to give support to the armed separatist group ETA.
The aim of this study is to investigate and identify media “frames” in coverage of the festivals and more broadly of the Basque conflict in general. Frames here are defined as logical, consistent and coherent schemes that explain and contextualise a story for a reader and which encourage one interpretation over another.
The first chapter is a literature review, explaining the background to both the Basque conflict and to the controversy over the summer festivals. It also aims to introduce some of competing frames at work – radical Basque nationalist, moderate nationalist, anti-nationalist and Spanish nationalist.
The second chapter is on methodology, and outlines the theoretical basis of the study, in terms of media framing and also explains the approach that will be taken towards the research.
The third chapter is a quantitative look at the media coverage of the festivals, looking at how much space is given to different themes and how well, or accurately the media represented the experience of the festivals.
The fourth and final chapter is a qualitative look at the content of the media coverage, examining how the rival frames are constructed in the case of three specific stories.
This is a study of the media coverage of the contested events of the annual summer festivals in t... more This is a study of the media coverage of the contested events of the annual summer festivals in the three provincial capitals of the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain in the summer of 2009. The festivals were controversial as the President of the region, for the first time since 1980, not a Basque nationalist, forbade the display of any symbols, posters, banners or marches that could be deemed to give support to the armed separatist group ETA.
The aim of this study is to investigate and identify media “frames” in coverage of the festivals and more broadly of the Basque conflict in general. Frames here are defined as logical, consistent and coherent schemes that explain and contextualise a story for a reader and which encourage one interpretation over another.
The first chapter is a literature review, explaining the background to both the Basque conflict and to the controversy over the summer festivals. It also aims to introduce some of competing frames at work – radical Basque nationalist, moderate nationalist, anti-nationalist and Spanish nationalist.
The second chapter is on methodology, and outlines the theoretical basis of the study, in terms of media framing and also explains the approach that will be taken towards the research.
The third chapter is a quantitative look at the media coverage of the festivals, looking at how much space is given to different themes and how well, or accurately the media represented the experience of the festivals.
The fourth and final chapter is a qualitative look at the content of the media coverage, examining how the rival frames are constructed in the case of three specific stories.
Introduction e Easter Rising can be summed in just a few sentences. On 24 April 1916, approximate... more Introduction e Easter Rising can be summed in just a few sentences. On 24 April 1916, approximately 1,200 armed Irish Republican separa-tists of the Irish Volunteers occupied public buildings in Dublin city centre and proclaimed an Irish Republic, independent of Britain. ey occupied ...
A comparsion between two literary sources on the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. Richard Belling'... more A comparsion between two literary sources on the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion. Richard Belling's The Confederation and war in Ireland (c. 1670) and the Aphorismical discovery of Treasonable Faction' (c. 1655). The accounts are both from Catholic authors who participated in the rebellion and the subsequent Confederate Catholic movement in Ireland.
However they also represent antagonistic Catholic factions who ended up fighting each other in 1648 over whether to enter an alliance with King Charles I without the establishment of the Catholic religion in Ireland and the reversal of previous siezures of Catholic owned land.
As well as being first hand sources on the rebellion itself, comparison of the accounts demonstrates the constrcutions of diverging and in the end bitterly opposed narratives among Irish Catholics - exposing divsions based on class, ethnicity and geography as well as religious committment.
An article on why, at time when British rule in Ireland had never been more benign and when negot... more An article on why, at time when British rule in Ireland had never been more benign and when negotiations for Irish self-government were ongoing, Irish separatists such as Sean McDermott saw an armed uprising as a desperate last throw to save Irish identity.
The subject of this MA is the life of Florence MacCarthy (c.1560-1640).
He was born the son o... more The subject of this MA is the life of Florence MacCarthy (c.1560-1640).
He was born the son of the chief of the MacCarthy Reagh clan. His family and sept established themselves as allies of the English in the Desmond rebellions and were not affected by the Munster plantation. However, Florence fell foul of their government in Munster after his marriage to the daughter of the MacCarthy Mor. He was arrested in 1588 as a precaution to avert the possibility that he would become MacCarthy Mor himself, which would have given him command over huge estates and thousands of followers.
He was held in London for two years. English strategy for the following ten years was to grant limited concessions to native lords but also to ‘dissipate’ their independent military power. However, during the crisis of the Nine Years War, the English reversed this policy and essentially acknowledged Florence as MacCarthy Mor, to secure south Munster from the rebels – in particular Florence’s brother in law Donal. However, Florence did not help the English military effort and secretly negotiated with the rebels and the Spaniards. He was arrested again only a month before the Spanish landing at Kinsale and spent his remaining 40 years in imprisonment in London.
The importance of Florence MacCarthy’s life is that is shows how the Gaelic aristocracy adapted to the Tudor re-conquest, transforming themselves from war-lords to landed gentry. Typically, those were most successful were from minor septs, such as the Muskerry MacCarthys, who had least to lose. Others, such as Florence, who tried to maintain the military and political power associated with the traditional titles were swept aside. On the other hand some of the most notorious rebels in Ireland were actually pardoned and went on to be respected figures in the 17th century.
This is a study of the media coverage of the contested events of the annual summer festivals in t... more This is a study of the media coverage of the contested events of the annual summer festivals in the three provincial capitals of the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain in the summer of 2009. The festivals were controversial as the President of the region, for the first time since 1980, not a Basque nationalist, forbade the display of any symbols, posters, banners or marches that could be deemed to give support to the armed separatist group ETA.
The aim of this study is to investigate and identify media “frames” in coverage of the festivals and more broadly of the Basque conflict in general. Frames here are defined as logical, consistent and coherent schemes that explain and contextualise a story for a reader and which encourage one interpretation over another.
The first chapter is a literature review, explaining the background to both the Basque conflict and to the controversy over the summer festivals. It also aims to introduce some of competing frames at work – radical Basque nationalist, moderate nationalist, anti-nationalist and Spanish nationalist.
The second chapter is on methodology, and outlines the theoretical basis of the study, in terms of media framing and also explains the approach that will be taken towards the research.
The third chapter is a quantitative look at the media coverage of the festivals, looking at how much space is given to different themes and how well, or accurately the media represented the experience of the festivals.
The fourth and final chapter is a qualitative look at the content of the media coverage, examining how the rival frames are constructed in the case of three specific stories.
This is a study of the media coverage of the contested events of the annual summer festivals in t... more This is a study of the media coverage of the contested events of the annual summer festivals in the three provincial capitals of the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain in the summer of 2009. The festivals were controversial as the President of the region, for the first time since 1980, not a Basque nationalist, forbade the display of any symbols, posters, banners or marches that could be deemed to give support to the armed separatist group ETA.
The aim of this study is to investigate and identify media “frames” in coverage of the festivals and more broadly of the Basque conflict in general. Frames here are defined as logical, consistent and coherent schemes that explain and contextualise a story for a reader and which encourage one interpretation over another.
The first chapter is a literature review, explaining the background to both the Basque conflict and to the controversy over the summer festivals. It also aims to introduce some of competing frames at work – radical Basque nationalist, moderate nationalist, anti-nationalist and Spanish nationalist.
The second chapter is on methodology, and outlines the theoretical basis of the study, in terms of media framing and also explains the approach that will be taken towards the research.
The third chapter is a quantitative look at the media coverage of the festivals, looking at how much space is given to different themes and how well, or accurately the media represented the experience of the festivals.
The fourth and final chapter is a qualitative look at the content of the media coverage, examining how the rival frames are constructed in the case of three specific stories.
Introduction e Easter Rising can be summed in just a few sentences. On 24 April 1916, approximate... more Introduction e Easter Rising can be summed in just a few sentences. On 24 April 1916, approximately 1,200 armed Irish Republican separa-tists of the Irish Volunteers occupied public buildings in Dublin city centre and proclaimed an Irish Republic, independent of Britain. ey occupied ...
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However they also represent antagonistic Catholic factions who ended up fighting each other in 1648 over whether to enter an alliance with King Charles I without the establishment of the Catholic religion in Ireland and the reversal of previous siezures of Catholic owned land.
As well as being first hand sources on the rebellion itself, comparison of the accounts demonstrates the constrcutions of diverging and in the end bitterly opposed narratives among Irish Catholics - exposing divsions based on class, ethnicity and geography as well as religious committment.
He was born the son of the chief of the MacCarthy Reagh clan. His family and sept established themselves as allies of the English in the Desmond rebellions and were not affected by the Munster plantation. However, Florence fell foul of their government in Munster after his marriage to the daughter of the MacCarthy Mor. He was arrested in 1588 as a precaution to avert the possibility that he would become MacCarthy Mor himself, which would have given him command over huge estates and thousands of followers.
He was held in London for two years. English strategy for the following ten years was to grant limited concessions to native lords but also to ‘dissipate’ their independent military power. However, during the crisis of the Nine Years War, the English reversed this policy and essentially acknowledged Florence as MacCarthy Mor, to secure south Munster from the rebels – in particular Florence’s brother in law Donal. However, Florence did not help the English military effort and secretly negotiated with the rebels and the Spaniards. He was arrested again only a month before the Spanish landing at Kinsale and spent his remaining 40 years in imprisonment in London.
The importance of Florence MacCarthy’s life is that is shows how the Gaelic aristocracy adapted to the Tudor re-conquest, transforming themselves from war-lords to landed gentry. Typically, those were most successful were from minor septs, such as the Muskerry MacCarthys, who had least to lose. Others, such as Florence, who tried to maintain the military and political power associated with the traditional titles were swept aside. On the other hand some of the most notorious rebels in Ireland were actually pardoned and went on to be respected figures in the 17th century.
The aim of this study is to investigate and identify media “frames” in coverage of the festivals and more broadly of the Basque conflict in general. Frames here are defined as logical, consistent and coherent schemes that explain and contextualise a story for a reader and which encourage one interpretation over another.
The first chapter is a literature review, explaining the background to both the Basque conflict and to the controversy over the summer festivals. It also aims to introduce some of competing frames at work – radical Basque nationalist, moderate nationalist, anti-nationalist and Spanish nationalist.
The second chapter is on methodology, and outlines the theoretical basis of the study, in terms of media framing and also explains the approach that will be taken towards the research.
The third chapter is a quantitative look at the media coverage of the festivals, looking at how much space is given to different themes and how well, or accurately the media represented the experience of the festivals.
The fourth and final chapter is a qualitative look at the content of the media coverage, examining how the rival frames are constructed in the case of three specific stories.
The aim of this study is to investigate and identify media “frames” in coverage of the festivals and more broadly of the Basque conflict in general. Frames here are defined as logical, consistent and coherent schemes that explain and contextualise a story for a reader and which encourage one interpretation over another.
The first chapter is a literature review, explaining the background to both the Basque conflict and to the controversy over the summer festivals. It also aims to introduce some of competing frames at work – radical Basque nationalist, moderate nationalist, anti-nationalist and Spanish nationalist.
The second chapter is on methodology, and outlines the theoretical basis of the study, in terms of media framing and also explains the approach that will be taken towards the research.
The third chapter is a quantitative look at the media coverage of the festivals, looking at how much space is given to different themes and how well, or accurately the media represented the experience of the festivals.
The fourth and final chapter is a qualitative look at the content of the media coverage, examining how the rival frames are constructed in the case of three specific stories.
However they also represent antagonistic Catholic factions who ended up fighting each other in 1648 over whether to enter an alliance with King Charles I without the establishment of the Catholic religion in Ireland and the reversal of previous siezures of Catholic owned land.
As well as being first hand sources on the rebellion itself, comparison of the accounts demonstrates the constrcutions of diverging and in the end bitterly opposed narratives among Irish Catholics - exposing divsions based on class, ethnicity and geography as well as religious committment.
He was born the son of the chief of the MacCarthy Reagh clan. His family and sept established themselves as allies of the English in the Desmond rebellions and were not affected by the Munster plantation. However, Florence fell foul of their government in Munster after his marriage to the daughter of the MacCarthy Mor. He was arrested in 1588 as a precaution to avert the possibility that he would become MacCarthy Mor himself, which would have given him command over huge estates and thousands of followers.
He was held in London for two years. English strategy for the following ten years was to grant limited concessions to native lords but also to ‘dissipate’ their independent military power. However, during the crisis of the Nine Years War, the English reversed this policy and essentially acknowledged Florence as MacCarthy Mor, to secure south Munster from the rebels – in particular Florence’s brother in law Donal. However, Florence did not help the English military effort and secretly negotiated with the rebels and the Spaniards. He was arrested again only a month before the Spanish landing at Kinsale and spent his remaining 40 years in imprisonment in London.
The importance of Florence MacCarthy’s life is that is shows how the Gaelic aristocracy adapted to the Tudor re-conquest, transforming themselves from war-lords to landed gentry. Typically, those were most successful were from minor septs, such as the Muskerry MacCarthys, who had least to lose. Others, such as Florence, who tried to maintain the military and political power associated with the traditional titles were swept aside. On the other hand some of the most notorious rebels in Ireland were actually pardoned and went on to be respected figures in the 17th century.
The aim of this study is to investigate and identify media “frames” in coverage of the festivals and more broadly of the Basque conflict in general. Frames here are defined as logical, consistent and coherent schemes that explain and contextualise a story for a reader and which encourage one interpretation over another.
The first chapter is a literature review, explaining the background to both the Basque conflict and to the controversy over the summer festivals. It also aims to introduce some of competing frames at work – radical Basque nationalist, moderate nationalist, anti-nationalist and Spanish nationalist.
The second chapter is on methodology, and outlines the theoretical basis of the study, in terms of media framing and also explains the approach that will be taken towards the research.
The third chapter is a quantitative look at the media coverage of the festivals, looking at how much space is given to different themes and how well, or accurately the media represented the experience of the festivals.
The fourth and final chapter is a qualitative look at the content of the media coverage, examining how the rival frames are constructed in the case of three specific stories.
The aim of this study is to investigate and identify media “frames” in coverage of the festivals and more broadly of the Basque conflict in general. Frames here are defined as logical, consistent and coherent schemes that explain and contextualise a story for a reader and which encourage one interpretation over another.
The first chapter is a literature review, explaining the background to both the Basque conflict and to the controversy over the summer festivals. It also aims to introduce some of competing frames at work – radical Basque nationalist, moderate nationalist, anti-nationalist and Spanish nationalist.
The second chapter is on methodology, and outlines the theoretical basis of the study, in terms of media framing and also explains the approach that will be taken towards the research.
The third chapter is a quantitative look at the media coverage of the festivals, looking at how much space is given to different themes and how well, or accurately the media represented the experience of the festivals.
The fourth and final chapter is a qualitative look at the content of the media coverage, examining how the rival frames are constructed in the case of three specific stories.