In the 18th century, Ireland's place in the North Atlantic world was proportionately much moire importanty than it was in later centuries - Ireland and America were linked by emigration, economic, political and adminiistrative contacts and influences. This work re-examines the part played by Irishmen in revolutionary America, and the examples of American events on Irish life and affairs.
Discusses patterns of emigration and settlement , Ulster Scots, radicalism, indentured servitude, party politics, the Irish in the South and much more.