Transcript PIGS, PADDIES, PRAMS AND PETTICOATS Irish Home Rule & …

PIGS, PADDIES, PRAMS AND PETTICOATS
Irish Home Rule & the British comic press,
1886-93
The British comic press provided an outlet for the full scope
of anti-Irish prejudices.
Michael de Nie analyses a range of cartoons from Fun and
Judy to find out what they were saying.
History IRELAND January/February 2005, pp 42-7
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On the Road to the Cattle Show' (18 February 1893)
‘Dismemberment - A Midsummer Day's Dream' (3 August
1887)
‘Food and Shelter for Sedition and Violence' (30 March 1887)
‘The Latest and Most Destructive Infernal Machine' (21 April
1886)
‘St Dunstan and the -‘ (30 December 1885)
‘The Parnell Peep Show' (26 February 1890)
‘That Dreadful Child; or the Irish Bank Holiday' (13 April
1887)
‘Too Strong and Not Strong Enough' (9 June 1886)
‘Asking His Intentions' (24 February 1886)
‘Butchered' (8 March 1893)