Journal article
William Maume: United Irishman and informer in two hemispheres
Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Vol.18, pp.118-140
2003
Abstract
Radical and revolutionary movements in Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are reputed to have been riddled with spies and informers. Their persistent influence helped to distract attention from other causes of failure. Weaknesses within movements, such as internecine strife among leaders, poorly-conceived strategies and exaggerated estimates of popular support, could be hidden behind an interpretation of events which placed responsibility for failure on a contingency that was normally beyond rebel control. In some respects, therefore, it was in the interests of Irish leaders, and sympathetic later commentators, to exaggerate the influence of spies and informers...
Details
- Title
- William Maume: United Irishman and informer in two hemispheres
- Authors/Creators
- M. Durey (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Vol.18, pp.118-140
- Publisher
- Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society
- Identifiers
- 991005542625507891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher URL
- http://www.ecis.ie/journal/
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