Download or read book The Irish Act of Union written by Patrick M. Geoghegan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines two key areas which although linked have previously been separated by historians: the passage of the Act of Union and the resignation of Pitt in 1801. Geoghegan's book covers the period from May 1798, the outbreak of the great rebellion, to March 1801 and the collapse of Pitt's ministry.