marriage, 51, 60–61, 65, 105, 131–137, 167

Marx, Karl, 36, 113–115, 167, 182, 186

maternity, 61, 65–69

Maze Prison, 5, 182–183

Minstrel show, 113

Moore, Thomas, 119–120

Morris, William, 163, 166, 177

motherhood, 67, 83–84

Mugsborough, 21, 37, 56–57, 109–115, 131, 144, 152, 162

National Federation of Building Trade Operatives (NFBTO), 34, 36

nationalism, 3, 106, 116, 123, 142, 182

Nazareth, Peter, 186

New Testament, 158, 169, 188

Newfoundland, 111

Ngugi, Wa Thiong’o, 186–187

NimrodSee also Hunter, 156–158, 161–162, 180

Noonan, Elizabeth, 133

Kathleen, 7, 25–26, 58–59, 64–68, 94

Mary Ann, 104–105

Robert, 2, 19–20, 44, 103–106, 130–137, 146

Nora, 57, 94, 132, 134, 140

nutrition, 84, 88–89

Oblong, the, 92, 165–166

Ogilvy, Stewart, 130

Owen, Frank, 112, 119, 124, 133, 136, 158–162, 168, 184, 187

Owenism, 53

Paine, Thomas, 120

Pandorama, 110, 164, 190–191

Philpot, Joe, 90–91, 95–96, 108, 181

Plato, 151, 163–168

cave simile, 164–165

Divided Line, 165–166

The Republic,, 164, 166

Pope, Jessie, 4, 23, 45, 58–59, 68, 93, 115, 192

poor Whites, 139, 141–145

postcolonialism, 191

postmodernism, 118

poverty, 81, 88–92, 138–143, 176, 188

Protestant Ascendancy, 104, 106–107

race, 52, 92, 112, 116, 143, 187

realism, 118

renegade socialist, 144, 159, 169

Revelation, Book of, 119, 152, 154–157

Reynolds, George Nugent, 120

Richards, Grant, 3–4, 45, 60–62, 115, 179, 192

Robert Tressell Award, 5, 179

Royal Irish Constabulary, 104

RuthSee also Easton, William and Ruth, 7, 57–58, 61–62, 87, 130, 132–137