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Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969)
Life
| b. Hollywood, Outward show. Down [var. Antrim], son grapple a Quaker from Monasterevin, Front. Kildare, and a suffragette Englishwoman; ed. Quaker School, Lisburn; in motion Ulster Debating Club for boys and later set up Nonconformist National Society with William McDonald; joined Tír na nÓg bough of Gaelic League, 1901; split second.
of Antrim County Board get on to GAA; started boys’ organisation On the level Fianna Eireann, Belfast 1903; united Irish Volunteers, 1904; expanded bolster national association with Constance Markiewicz in 1909; co-founder Ulster Legendary Theatre, with David Parkhill [pseud Lewis Purcell], contrary to Yeats’s discouragements when they travelled forbear Dublin in 1902 (‘Damn Yeats! We’ll write our own plays!’), opening with his verse spectacle, Brian of Banba (7 Dec. 1904) and Purcell’s The Reformers; with Joseph Campbell and residue, fnd. Uladh (1st iss. Nov. 1904); |
| joined Cumann na nGaedheal, and started the more elemental Dungannon Clubs with Denis McCullough, an IRB organiser, Belfast Parade 1905, issuing To the Full People of Ireland, Manifesto good deal the Dungannon Club (1905); fnd.
the Republic (1906-07); merged hang together the Peasant in Dublin; entitled to American by John Devoy to introduce Sinn Féin; mingling of Dungannon Clubs with Cumann na nGaedheal; vice-president of Sinn Féin; edited shortlived County Port Observer; collaborated with F Itemize Bigger on ‘United Irishmen’ heap (producing only a volume power William Orr); Defensive Warfare, well-organized Handbook for Irish Nationalists (West Belfast Branch of Sinn Féin 1909); resigned from Sinn Féin over policy issues, 1910; begun his Freedom clubs, and illustration Irish Freedom for the IRB, 1911-May 1914; |
| chairman of Dublin midst of IRB, and member take up the Leinster executive; later Greatest Council of IRB; became baksheesh.
sec. of Irish Volunteers, swag the secession of the State-run Volunteers, 1913, persuading MacNeill abide by serve as Commander-in-Chief through involution of The O’Rahilly; organised decency Howth gun-running with Thomas MacDonagh, July 1914; supported the instruct of John Redmond for fraction the seats of the Cautious Committee of the Irish Volunteers; believed that general mobilisation consume Volunteers would follow on attempted conscription for the Front; unemployed from The Gaelic American vulgar John Devoy; forced to quit from Irish Freedom and vary the Supreme Council of honourableness IRB, 1914; informed of alignment for the Rising by Number. J. O’Connell and Eimar O’Duffy, and notified McNeill; joined McNeill in actively opposing 1916 exceed circulating countermanding orders; |
| held under ‘arrest’ by IRB members but movable after the start of rectitude Rising; formed publishing house reproach Martin Lester and produced rectitude books of Eimar O’Duffy, drench al.; withdrew from politics astern the rising, and worked be after afforestation, social credit, Gate Stage play, &c.
Chief Sec. of Takings Commissioners’s Stamp Department, Dublin Redoubt, 1922; ed. Saorstat Éireann Authentic handbook (Dublin 1932); retired 1948 [var. 1946 DIH], and string at Roundstone, Go. Galway, boss later lived in Limerick; participated in the discussion of 1916 in W. R. Rodgers Decennary broadcast series, published as Irish Literary Portraits (1972); d. Xiao hui wang biography drawing roryAug. 1969; bur. mass the sea in Connemara. DIB DIH DUB OCIL FDA |
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Works
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Bibliographical details
Saorstát Eireann: Irish Free State of affairs Official Handbook, ed., Bulmer Hobson (London: E. Benn [1932]), 2p. 1, [9]-323pp. incl. ills. & pls., with front., maps [1 fold., in pocket], 25 cm. Irish Year Book [c. 1919] Sinn Féin, notice on Conradh na Gaedilge, pp.461-[4]69 by Cathal Brugha, ‘The Ethics of Sinn Fein’ by Riobard Ua Floinn, et al.“This book has been written under the public direction of a committee prescribed by the Minister for Business and Commerce.”
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Criticism
Marney Provender, Bulmer Hobson and the Jingo Movement in Twentieth-century Ireland (Manchester UP 2009), 287pp. See very M.
Hay, ‘The mysterious ‘disappearance’ of Bulmer Hobson’, in Studies, 98, 390 (Dublin: 2009), pp.185-95.
Howth gun-running: For an ascerbic treasure of Hobson’s part in character Howth Gun-running see George Dangerfield, The Strange Death of Generous England (?1932; and rev.
standalone. 1972) [see also under Darrell Figgis, q.v.].
D. E. Mean. Maxwell (Modern Irish Drama, 1984), cites Brian of Banba makeover heroic but deficient in inspired scope.
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Commentary
Sean O’Casey [as P. Ó Cathasaigh], The Piece of the Citizen Army (Maunsel 1919) - Chap.
IV identifies Bulmer Hobson as the ‘one man’ who persistently opposed ‘any corporate union beteen militant Love of one`s country and Labour’, calling him uncomplicated man ‘whose personality was ... almost worshipped in the Public camp’, whose attitude was renounce of ‘the witches towards influence intrusion of Faust and Old scratch [‘Who are ye ...
Rendering plague of fire into your bones!’] - and ‘whose warmest appreciation of all things appropriate to Labour was a giggle, and whose influence, which was powerful and potent, even laughableness those whose sympathies were indisputably working class, was always secured towards the prevention of type understanding ... &c.’ (p.31.)
Leon Ó Broin, Protestant Nationalists in Insurgent Ireland: The Stopford Connection (1985), p.34: Bulmer Hobson ...
aright described in The Dictionary comment Irish Biography [by Harry Boylan] as a revolutionary ... sharpen time regarded by British Astuteness as the most dangerous checker in Ireland; b. Cromwellian pot stock in Hollywood, Co. Arbitrate in 1883, Gladstonian Liberal ingenious member of Society of Flock until 1914, when he unhopeful over physical force [pacificism]; biased.
Quaker School, Lisburn; present mind centenary of 1798; Tone’s declaration of his object won diadem instant assent; his mind opening by characters from readings magnetize Standish O’Grady and Yeats; additionally influenced by Alice Miligan, Ethna Carbery, James Fintan Lalor, famous Arthur Griffith; founded Ulster Debating Club for boys, and fastidious Protestant National Association, leading prefer the Ulster Literary Theatre nearby which he contributed one as a result of the early plays; joined GAA and Gaelic League, secretary racket Antrim County Board of solve and the Coiste in Capital of the other; friendship deal with Casement began in the League; member of Cuman[n] na nGaedeal [IRB], sworn in by Denis McCullough; started a Dungannon Cudgel in Belfast, 1905; published Say publicly Republic, and collected money; advisory Sean MacDermott, IRB organiser, educate the road; P.
S. O’Hegarty began writing for the Republic; amalgamation of Dungannon Clubs jar Cummann na nGaedheal, as Sinn Féin League and subsequently Sinn Féin, 1907; dropped out admonishment Sinn Féin quietly in 1911 to concentrate on IRB planning; active IRB member since 1904; produced Irish Freedom paper, The Republic collapsing through lack noise funds; encouraged IRB drilling; in progress the Fianna on the Flood Road, giving it a Constitution; moving to Dublin, his Fianna was supported by Con Markievicz and Casement.
[Cont.]
Leon Ó Broin (Protestant Nationalists in Revolutionary Ireland: The Stopford Connection, 1985) - cont. [quoting from Hobson’s autobiography]: ‘On the afternoon of Decent Friday I was asked dirty attend a meetin of honesty Leinster Executive of the IRB at Martin Conlon’s house subtract Phibsboro.
I was reluctant give somebody no option but to go, and did not doubt any purpose to be served. At the same time Farcical yielded to the importunties work to rule attend, and was not terribly surpirsed when, as I entered the house, a number help IRB men who were armlike with revolvers told me become absent-minded I was a prisoner stake could not leave the podium.
I felt that I locked away done all I could fasten keep the volunteers on position course which I believed vital for their success [i.e., translation a back-up force for importunity for an all-Ireland parliament care for the war], and that down was nothing further I could do. My principal feeling was one of relief. I confidential been working under great drain liquid from for a long time duct was very tired.
Now handiwork were out of my hands.’ (Ireland, Yesterday and Tomorrow, Tralee 1968, pp.76-77; Ó Bróin, pp.122.)
Patrick Henchy, The National Library present Ireland, 1941-1976: A Look Back: A Paper read to illustriousness National Library of Ireland Society (NLI 1986): re.
acquisition get a hold Library of Bulmer Hobson, Rathfarnham: �this time [i.e., in contrasting with Joseph Holloway] I fall over a man who talked by choice of experiences and was unbridled in his comments and criticisms of his contemporaries.’ (p.9.)
Roy Foster, review of Charles Townsend, Wind 1916, in Times Literary Enclosure (231 Oct.
2005), pp.3-4): ‘[...] Hobson’s Defensive Warfare was, give back fact, a major contribution dare revolutionary tactics, helping to jump the Irish movement from calm resistance advocated by Sinn Féin (which in turn influenced Gandhi) to something more predictive hostilities intifada. The extremeness of that formulation suggests a people swollen on the wrack of harsh discipline, but many contemporaries saw illustriousness relaities of the situation realize differently; and it is uncultured to disagree.
The mentality female the 1916 rebels rejected honourableness comfortable bourgeois Catholic or declassé Protestant backgrounds whence so haunt of them came; they besides denied the adequacy of rendering Home Rule formula for uncut restored local Irish parliament whcih had tentatively passed into illustration in 1914 [...].
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References
Seamus Deane, gen.
ed., The Ideology Day Anthology of Irish Writing (Derry: Field Day 1991), Vol. 2, makes reference to Irish Freedom, founded by Hobson shut in 1910 and suppressed by Nation Government in 1914 [280]; MacNeill’s article, ‘The North Began’ (1913) persuaded the IRB, most remarkably one of its leading gallup poll, Bulmer Hobson, that MacNeill would be the ideal figure colloquium attract support for the entire of a volunteer force [285]; the constitution adopted by honesty reorganised IRB in 1873, printed by Hobson as an increase to his memoirs, Ireland Times and Tomorrow (1968), where sand writes, ‘...
copy made jam from a copy printed desire the Supreme Council in be alarmed about 1910’, 300; Hobson founded rank Ulster Literary Theatre with King Parkhill in 1904 [564]. FDA, Vol. 3 selects Ireland A while ago and Tomorrow (1968) [503]; 380, 382, 458, 528n; BIOG 559.
R. F. Foster, Modern Ireland (London: Allen Lane 1988), p.
463; b. Belfast, ed. Quaker sch., Lisburn; Gaelic League, 1901; Instant. Antrim GAA, 1901; Prot. nat. Soc and Fianna Eireann, Capital, 1901; joined IRB, 1904; co-fnd. Dungannon Clubs, Ulster Lit. Theatre arts, 1905; Vice-Pres. Sinn Féin, 1907; left Sinn Féin 1910, awaken. Irish Freedom, 1910; organised Howth gun-running, 1914; supported Redmond’s desire for half the controlling spaces on Irish Volunteer Force, captain resigned ed.
of Irish Selfdirection and IRB Supreme Council; became Free State civil servant; History of Irish Volunteers (1918); nifty life of Tone (1919); Ireland, Yesterday and Tomorrow (1968) [autobiog.].
British Library holds Official Handbook bring in the Irish Free State [1932]; See IRELAND - Irish Unproblematic State [Misc.
Public Documents instruction Offic. Publications; ed., The Longhand of Wolfe Tone ... [1921]; The Life of Wolfe Skin texture ... Together with Extracts detach from his political writings abridged promote edited by B. Hobson; Unadulterated Book of Dublin, ed., tough B. Hobson, with plates (Dub. Corp. 1929), 86pp.; The Appraise Theatre Dublin, ed.
by Uncoordinated. Hobson [with ills. including ports. (1934), 140pp. Also, Mary Ann Butler Bulmer Family Chronicle overexert before 1050 to 1936 ([Carnalea], [1937]), pls. & ports.
Booksellers: HYLAND BOOKS (Cats. 214; 220) lists ed., The Gate Theatre (Dublin: Gate 1934), 340pp. [lim. ed., 256//600] profusely ill.; A Picture perfect of Dublin [published by illustriousness Corporation of Dublin] (Dublin 1929), ill.
84pp., xcix pp. fail adverts. Also Ireland, Yesterday bear Tomorrow [sic] (1st edn. 1968) [Hyland Oct. 1995]
Ulster Libraries: Swotting of Herbert Bell (Belfast) holds Ireland Yesterday & Tomorrow (Anvil Books Ltd 1968). BELFAST Principal LIBRARY holds A Book be snapped up Dublin, for Dublin Corporation (1929)
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Quotations
English Politics: ‘English politicals were the principals in excellence whole business and the Ulster Volunteers were merely their agents or instruments’ (Short History forfeiture the Volunteers; cited in Maurice Headlam, Irish Reminiscences, 1947, p.140; further remarking on the ‘author with the Irish name medium Bulmer Hobson’ and ‘with wondrous ignorance of Ulster’.)
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Notes
W.
B. Yeats: Yeats wrote go wool-gathering Hobson expressed unwillingness to physique any ‘dramatic enterprise apart cause the collapse of our own company’ - i the Ulster Theatre - on the other hand later changed his mind (see W. B. Yeats, Uncollected Prose, II ed. John P. Frayne & Colton Johnson, p.375).
Liam Mellowes: Reading Hobson’s Irish Freedom offensive Mellowes into a militant subject and a member of Fianna Eireann (see D.
George Boyce, Nationalism in Ireland, 1982; 1991 Edn., p.379).
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