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| Author | : Mike Cronin |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 455 |
| Release | : 2011-07-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1119995876 |
From Norman invaders, religious wars—and the struggle for independence—the fascinating, turbulent history of a tortured nation and its gifted people When Shakespeare referred to England as a "jewel set in a silver sea," he could just as well have been speaking of Ireland. Not only has its luminous green landscape been the backdrop for bloody Catholic/Protestant conflict and a devastating famine, Ireland's great voices—like Joyce and Yeats—are now indelibly part of world literature. In Irish History For Dummies, readers will not only get a bird's-eye view of key historical events (Ten Turning Points) but, also, a detailed, chapter-by-chapter timeline of Irish history beginning with the first Stone Age farmers to the recent rise and fall of the Celtic tiger economy. In the informal, friendly For Dummies style, the book details historic highs like building an Irish Free State in the 1920s—and devastating lows (including the Troubles in the '60s and '70s), as well as key figures (like MP Charles Parnell and President Eamon de Valera) central to the cause of Irish nationalism. The book also details historic artifacts, offbeat places, and little-known facts key to the life of Ireland past and present. Includes Ten Major Documents—including the Confession of St. Patrick, The Book of Kells, the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, and Ulysses Lists Ten Things the Irish Have Given the World—including Irish coffee, U.S. Presidents, the submarine, shorthand writing, and the hypodermic syringe Details Ten Great Irish Places to Visit—including Cobh, Irish National Stud and Museum, Giants Causeway, and Derry Includes an online cheat sheet that gives readers a robust and expanded quick reference guide to relevant dates and historical figures Includes a Who's Who in Irish History section on dummies.com With a light-hearted touch, this informative guide sheds light on how this ancient land has survived wars, invasions, uprisings, and emigration to forge a unique nation, renowned the world over for its superb literature, music, and indomitable spirit.
| Author | : Theodore William Moody |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Ireland |
| ISBN | : 9781856357555 |
The classic general history of Ireland covering the economic, social and political development of Ireland from the prehistoric times to the present. This new updated edition brings us up to 2011.
| Author | : Colin Murphy |
| Publisher | : Feckin' Collection |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Ireland |
| ISBN | : 9781847170699 |
Forget the boring stuff you learned in school. Here's the REAL skinny on Irish history.
| Author | : Timothy J. Meagher |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 413 |
| Release | : 2005-09-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0231510705 |
Once seen as threats to mainstream society, Irish Americans have become an integral part of the American story. More than 40 million Americans claim Irish descent, and the culture and traditions of Ireland and Irish Americans have left an indelible mark on U.S. society. Timothy J. Meagher fuses an overview of Irish American history with an analysis of historians' debates, an annotated bibliography, a chronology of critical events, and a glossary discussing crucial individuals, organizations, and dates. He addresses a range of key issues in Irish American history from the first Irish settlements in the seventeenth century through the famine years in the nineteenth century to the volatility of 1960s America and beyond. The result is a definitive guide to understanding the complexities and paradoxes that have defined the Irish American experience. Throughout the work, Meagher invokes comparisons to Irish experiences in Canada, Britain, and Australia to challenge common perceptions of Irish American history. He examines the shifting patterns of Irish migration, discusses the role of the Catholic church in the Irish immigrant experience, and considers the Irish American influence in U.S. politics and modern urban popular culture. Meagher pays special attention to Irish American families and the roles of men and women, the emergence of the Irish as a "governing class" in American politics, the paradox of their combination of fervent American patriotism and passionate Irish nationalism, and their complex and sometimes tragic relations with African and Asian Americans.
| Author | : Thomas Cahill |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2010-04-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0307755134 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
| Author | : Jay P. Dolan |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 355 |
| Release | : 2010-02-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1608190102 |
Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to the highest office in the land.
| Author | : Captivating History |
| Publisher | : Captivating History |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2021-03-19 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781637162514 |
The Emerald Island was a place of conflict that developed throughout the centuries and perhaps lingers even today.
| Author | : James Quinn |
| Publisher | : University College Dublin Press |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 191082092X |
Examines why Young Ireland attached such importance to the writing of history, how it went about writing that history, and what impact their historical writings had.
| Author | : Peter Berresford Ellis |
| Publisher | : Wiley (TP) |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2004-03 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
At the same time, you'll find vivid portraits of everyday life in Ireland throughout the centuries as chronicled in everything from St. Patrick's confessions to heartrending accounts of the famine of 1848 to the letters, diaries, and memoirs of a vast and multifarious array of authors."--BOOK JACKET.
| Author | : Alvin Jackson |
| Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2003-11-01 |
| Genre | : Home rule |
| ISBN | : 9780297840923 |
