A A Tract for Our Times

A Retrospective on Joe Lee's Ireland 1912-1985

Miriam Nyhan Grey

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University College Dublin Press
01 October 2024

History: theory & methods; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history

Compelling perspectives from leading historians on Joe Lee's historical classic and its relevance to our current understanding of the history of modern Ireland.

In 1989, renowned historian J.J. Lee published his magnum opus, Ireland 1912–1985: Politics and Society. Not only had Lee written a classic, but he transcended the reach of the academy when the book became a popular bestseller—going over a dozen reprints, selling thousands of copies, and winning an array of awards.

Over three decades later, this collection of essays honors Lee's contribution to historical scholarship by gauging the influence of Ireland 1912–1985 as a historical analysis and commentary through the contributions of a dozen leading historians of modern Ireland. Simultaneously, this collection measures the applicability of Ireland's 1912–1985 historiographical and methodological approach to more recent history. Nearly all of the contributors to A Tract for Our Times were trained as historians with Ireland 1912–1985 as a touchstone text. Thus, each author revisits this book with their own field of expertise in mind.

Lee's stature as a sought-after public intellectual and a widely published scholar, combined with the profile of contributors, makes A Tract for Our Times an essential reading for anyone interested in the trajectory of Ireland since the decade before independence, and the craft of history writing.

Contributors include Andy Bielenberg, Marion R. Casey, Anne Dolan, Diarmaid Ferriter, Cormac Ó Gráda, Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, Richard McMahon, Daniel Mulhall, Bernadette Whelan, Niall Whelehan and Nicholas M. Wolf.

Edited by: Miriam Nyhan Grey
Imprint: University College Dublin Press
Country of Publication: Ireland
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 180mm,
ISBN: 9781739086374
ISBN 10: 1739086376
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dedication vii Foreword ix Introduction 1 Miriam Nyhan Grey 1 A Portrait of the Historian as a Young Boy 6 Marion R. Casey 2 Modernisation, Nineteenth-Century Ireland and the Early Writings of Joe Lee 20 Richard Mc Mahon and Niall Whelehan 3 Tríocha Bliain ag Fás: Some Reflections on a Classic 38 Cormac Ó Gráda 4 The Theme of Emigration in Ireland 1912–1985: Politics and Society 51 Andy Bielenberg 5 ‘The Lash of the Liberators’: Ireland 1912–1985 on Independence 72 Anne Dolan 6 Touting for Respectability: Church and State 87 Diarmaid Ferriter 7 The Contributions of Ireland 1912–1985 to the History of the Irish Language 99 Nicholas M. Wolf 8 Leadership and Independent Ireland’s Performance since 1922: A Historiographical Perspective on Lee’s Assessment 108 Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh Afterword 121 Daniel Mulhall Appendix 127 Peripatetic Professor: An Interview with Professor Joe Lee Acknowledgements 133 Index

Dr MIRIAM NYHAN GREY teaches at the Department of History, MIC (Limerick). Having completed her PhD at the European University Institute she spent 15 years at New York University. She is the author of 'Are You Still Below?' The Ford Marina Plant, Cork, 1917-1984 (2007); editor of Ireland's Allies: America and the 1916 Easter Rising (UCD Press, 2016) and co-editor of Forged in America: How Irish-Jewish Encounters Shaped a Nation (2023).

Reviews for A A Tract for Our Times: A Retrospective on Joe Lee's Ireland 1912-1985

'A Tract for Our Times is a worthy tribute to Professor Lee's achievement by some 10 of his colleagues and admirers.' – Peter Costello, Irish Catholic News, March 2025 '[T]his book is essential reading for anyone interested in the narrative of modern Ireland.' – Yvonne Reddin, Sunday Independent, January 2025 'This ... collection of essays, published 35 years later, distilling the importance of the original work are a testament to its enduring ability to engage and provoke.' – Darragh Fitzgerald, History Ireland Magazine, January 2025 'The freshness of the contributions testifies to the ongoing significance of Lee's book, making this collection more than an affectionate Festschrift.' – Daniel Carey, Ticket (The Irish Times), January 2025 '[A Tract of Our Times] examines [Joe Lee's Ireland 1912–1985]'s relevance to contemporary Ireland and current approaches to teaching and writing history.' – Judy Murphy, Connacht Tribune, January 2025 'Several contributors delve into various aspects of Lee’s analysis, offering fresh perspectives, contextualisation and critical re-evaluations of his appraisals of modern Irish culture and history' – Richard Lynch, I Love Limerick, January 2025 'For the many thousands of readers influenced by his provocative intervention in Ireland 1912–1985, Joe succeeded in activating a lively debate which still resonates and is evident in A Tract for Our Times.' – The Echo, December 2025