Drawing on the recent scholarly interest in ‘generationism’ and the revolutionary period, this article examines the life chances of the 247 children born to the last cohort of Irish Parliamentary Party M.P.s elected to Westminster between 1910 and 1918. It employs a prosopographical approach to reconstruct their lives at specific points (1910 and 1948) in order to assess the impact that independence had on their fortunes longitudinally. While it problematises the idea that the Edwardian children of nationalist M.P.s formed part of a privileged elite in waiting, it does conclude that they enjoyed a degree of cultural and political capital that positioned them advantageously in advance of home rule. The analysis advanced here suggests that despite experiencing some political disorientation, those scions of the old I.P.P. who lived through the revolutionary years reoriented themselves relatively quickly, regrouped, and experienced considerable political and professional success during the following decades. As for those children who were born or achieved adulthood after 1922, there is little evidence to suggest that they were socially or politically ostracised, or that, in turn, they felt a sense of fundamental alienation from the new state. Ultimately, unlike those who had fought for the republic but ended up feeling as if they were among the losers, what the children of the I.P.P lost after 1918 should not obscure the fact that many of them were among the winners in the new Ireland.

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“在寒冷中”？：爱尔兰议会党和爱尔兰自由邦的孩子

借鉴最近学术界对“世代主义”和革命时期的兴趣，本文考察了 1910 年至 1918 年间最后一批爱尔兰议会党议员所生的 247 名孩子的生活机会。他们在特定时间点（1910 年和 1948 年）的生活，以便纵向评估独立对他们的命运的影响。虽然它质疑民族主义国会议员的爱德华时代的孩子是等待中的特权精英的一部分，但它确实得出结论，他们享有一定程度的文化和政治资本，使他们在地方统治之前处于有利地位。这里提出的分析表明，尽管经历了一些政治迷失，旧 IPP 的那些后代 在接下来的几十年里，经历过革命岁月的人相对较快地重新定位、重组，并在政治和职业上取得了相当大的成功。至于那些在 1922 年后出生或成年的孩子，几乎没有证据表明他们在社会或政治上受到排斥，或者反过来说，他们对新国家有一种根本的疏离感。最终，与那些为共和国而战但最终感觉自己是失败者的人不同，IPP 的孩子们在 1918 年之后失去的东西不应该掩盖这样一个事实，即他们中的许多人是新爱尔兰的赢家。至于那些在 1922 年后出生或成年的孩子，几乎没有证据表明他们在社会或政治上受到排斥，或者反过来说，他们对新国家有一种根本的疏离感。最终，与那些为共和国而战但最终感觉自己是失败者的人不同，IPP 的孩子们在 1918 年之后失去的东西不应该掩盖这样一个事实，即他们中的许多人是新爱尔兰的赢家。至于那些在 1922 年后出生或成年的孩子，几乎没有证据表明他们在社会或政治上受到排斥，或者反过来说，他们对新国家有一种根本的疏离感。最终，与那些为共和国而战但最终感觉自己是失败者的人不同，IPP 的孩子们在 1918 年之后失去的东西不应该掩盖这样一个事实，即他们中的许多人是新爱尔兰的赢家。