Ireland and India: Nationalism, Empire and Memory

Ireland and India examines both imperial and anti-imperial aspects of Ireland's relationship with India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Through a consideration of historical memory, commemoration and the 'imagined communities' of nationalism, the book analyzes three aspects of Ireland's multi-faceted involvement with the British Empire: relationship between Irish and Indian nationalists, the construction of Irishmen as British (and Irish) national and imperial heroes, and the commemoration of a mutiny of Irish soldiers in India. Ranging from Irish imperial heroics on the Northwest frontier of India to anti-imperial collaboration between expatriate nationalists in New York City, the book demonstrates how both imperial and anti-imperial legacies are critical elements of Ireland's modern history.