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| Author | : Tom Ferris |
| Publisher | : Gill |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780717146482 |
The first passenger railway in Ireland, the Dublin & Kingstown, opened for business in 1834. From modest beginnings, the railway network expanded over the next 70 years into almost every part of the country. At its greatest extent, the national network consisted of just under 3,500 route miles of track. This era of expansion was followed by an equally long period of decline which was sparked by the partition of the country, the inexorable rise of the internal combustion engine and the economic problems of the interwar years. It was only towards the end of the twentieth century that the fortunes of the railways at last began to recover. Irish Railways, written by one of the leading historians of Ireland's railways, provides many insights into the social and economic effects of the railways. This is a story rich in human interest, a tale of triumph and tragedy, superb achievement and monumental incompetence, which will appeal to all who have even a passing interest in this most romantic of human inventions.
| Author | : David Turnock |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 2016-12-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1351958933 |
Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.
| Author | : J. R. Hill |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 2025 |
| Release | : 2010-08-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0191615595 |
A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day. Volume VII covers a period of major significance in Ireland's history. It outlines the division of Ireland and the eventual establishment of the Irish Republic. It provides comprehensive coverage of political developments, north and south, as well as offering chapters on the economy, literature in English and Irish, the Irish language, the visual arts, emigration and immigration, and the history of women. The contributors to this volume, all specialists in their field, provide the most comprehensive treatment of these developments of any single-volume survey of twentieth-century Ireland.
| Author | : Ronald C. Cox |
| Publisher | : Thomas Telford |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780727726278 |
Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland covers the areas of Ulster in the north through to Munster in the south, Leinster in the east and midlands and Connaught in the west. It describes some of the achievements of such famous names as Alexander Nimmo, William Barrington, Charles Langor and John Killaly and many others. This book is heavily illustrated and contains location maps for each chapter. The items have been selected in order to illustrate some aspect of the historic development of civil engineering skills or in the scope of activity undertaken by the civil engineering profession.
| Author | : Fergus Mulligan |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Patrick Fitzgerald |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 453 |
| Release | : 2008-10-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0230581927 |
Migration - people moving in as immigrants, around as migrants, and out as emigrants - is a major theme of Irish history. This is the first book to offer both a survey of the last four centuries and an integrated analysis of migration, reflecting a more inclusive definition of the 'people of Ireland'.
| Author | : R. C. Richardson |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780719036002 |
| Author | : Owen McGee |
| Publisher | : Irish Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 807 |
| Release | : 2015-09-14 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1785370111 |
As a working-class Dubliner who played a crucial role in inspiring and leading Dáil Éireann in its formative stages, Arthur Griffith's life and world is one of the greatest windows into understanding the dynamics of the Irish revolution. Owen McGee's authoritative biography is based on fascinating original research and presents a fresh analysis and interpretation of Griffith's life and the economic basis of the political history of the era. Griffith has been typified as 'the last Young Irelander' and Owen McGee's masterly account reflects on this by examining the very different conceptions of Irish nationalism that existed before and after the formation of the Irish state. It also suggests that Griffith's belief in the importance of economic freedoms and the ability of an independent Ireland to provide for its own people, was an ideal that inspired the subsequent evolution of the Irish state.
| Author | : Juliana Adelman |
| Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2016-09-12 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0822981696 |
The nineteenth century was an important period for both the proliferation of "popular" science and for the demarcation of a group of professionals that we now term scientists. Of course for Ireland, largely in contrast to the rest of Britain, the prominence of Catholicism posed various philosophical questions regarding research. Adelman's study examines the practical educational impact of the growth of science in these communities, and the impact of this on the country's economy; the role of museums and exhibitions in spreading scientific knowledge; and the role that science had to play in Ireland's turbulent political context. Adelman challenges historians to reassess the relationship between science and society, showing that the unique situation in Victorian Ireland can nonetheless have important implications for wider European interpretations of the development of this relationship during a period of significant change.
| Author | : Anthony Lambert |
| Publisher | : White Lion Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2018-11-13 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 178131747X |
From the great cathedral-like railways stations of the steam age to obscure lines built through spectacular landscapes to open up countries before the advent of motorised road transport, this book is a celebration of our lost railway heritage and the lines that can no longer be travelled. Through stunning images, Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World evokes the romance and drama of these journeys, taking the reader as close as they can possibly get to this lost world of dining cars, sleeping cars, station porters and international rail travel. Organised by continent, all of these routes have stories to tell and the lost journeys are captured in the old postcards and posters that accompany photographs drawn from collections and archives across the world.
