Introduction: The monarchy, Ireland and the Union
Part I. The Crown and O'Connellite Ireland: 1. Legitimacy, authority and emancipation
2. Royalty and repeal
Part II. Victorian Values: 3. Allegiance and illusion in the famine era
4. Loyalty and localism
5. Nationalist revival and royal responses
Part III. Gladstonian Monarchism: 6. Ireland and the crown: the Gladstonian perspective
7. The Irish royal project
8. The uncrowned king and national identity
9. The first home rule bill: the monarchical dimension
Part IV. Constructive Unionism and the Crown: 10. Allegiance and agrarian struggle
11. Welfare monarchism and conciliation
Part V. Royalty and Revolution: 12. Home rule, crisis and the crown
13. War and national transformation
Part VI. The Crown and Independent Ireland: 14. The monarchy and Ireland in the free state era
15. Ireland and the New Elizabethan Age
Conclusion.
