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Ooijevaar, K.M.M. (2020)

Ceilidh dancing around the Home Rule Question. Irish Influence on the Scottish Home Rule debate during the Interwar Period (1918-1939)

Bachelor thesis | Geschiedenis (BA)

The demand for an independent Scotland originated in the late nineteenth century, alongside the growth of the Irish home rule movement. Both Scotland and Ireland, close in distance and culture, saw the rise of nationalism and with it a desire to break away from the Union at the same time. Eventually, Irish independence was established after a devastating war at the beginning of the interwar period, but how did the Scottish home rule movement relate to this change? Did they use the Irish situation as an example for Scotland and therefore a warning for the United Kingdom? Or was it considered a ‘how-not-to’ case by the Scottish politicians? This thesis looks at the influence of Ireland on the argumentation used in debates about Scottish home rule in the interwar period (1918-1939) by analysing British parliamentary debates.

Scottish nationalism

Irish nationalism

Home Rule movement

Scottish Home Rule

Devolution

Home Rule bill

Government of Scotland

Interwar politics

Author

Ooijevaar, K.M.M.

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Algemene Geschiedenis

Supervisors

Augusteijn, J.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en