Patrick Bethel is a fifth-year PhD candidate at Marquette University. His research examines the impact of gendered and racial concerns stemming from Ireland’s colonial status on the development of nationalisms in the nineteenth century with a specific focus on the Irish Land War of 1878-1882. An essay drawn from his dissertation research is due to appear in the forthcoming volume “Dreams of the Future in Nineteenth-Century Ireland,” scheduled to be published by the Liverpool University Press September 21st, 2021.