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"This book analyses those Irish Protestants who, between 1900 and 1923, eschewed the unionist views typically held by their co-religionists, and played an active role in the advanced nationalist movement. This book has three overarching themes. The first is motivation. This book assesses the formative influences that caused a minority to reject unionism for nationalism. It charts the tendency for Protestant nationalists to form self-perpetuating networks of activists, where individuals forged alliances that allowed them to repudiate the views of Protestant unionists. Secondly, this book details the extent of Protestant involvement in, and influence on, Irish nationalism. It seeks to uncover the extent of 'grassroots' Protestant nationalist activism, largely by means of a prosopographical methodology. Thirdly, it examines the relationship between religious identity and Irish nationalism. It describes how Protestant nationalists sought to find a place within the nationalist movement, often by means of explicitly denominational-based organisations, and also describes how Catholic nationalists viewed these figures. After 1916, the nationalist movement grew steadily more Catholic in nature. This book discusses evidence that Protestants suffered discrimination from Catholic nationalists, and will highlight the hostility that Protestants faced from their unionist co-religionists, especially in Ulster"--

This article assesses 'Rotten Protestants', or Protestant home rulers in Ulster, by means of an analysis of the Ulster Liberal Association, from its founding in 1906 until its virtual disappearance by 1918. It argues that Ulster Liberalism has been neglected or dismissed in Irish historiography, and that this predominantly Protestant, pro-home rule organization, with its origins in nineteenth-century radicalism, complicates our understanding of the era. It has previously been argued that this tradition did not really exist: this article uses prosopography to demonstrate the existence of a significant group of Protestant Liberal activists in Ulster, as well as to uncover their social, denominational, and geographic profile. Ulster Liberals endured attacks and boycotting; this article highlights the impact of this inter-communal violence on this group. Although Ulster Liberalism had a substantial grassroots organization, it went into sharp decline after 1912. This article describes how the third home rule crisis, the outbreak of the Great War, and the Easter Rising of 1916 prompted a hardening of attitudes which proved detrimental to the survival of a politically dissenting tradition within Ulster Protestantism.