Irish history : people, places and events that built a country
Hegarty, Neil2020
eBook
Abstract: From mesolithic Ireland to the peace process, this little book covers all of the main historical and cultural events, places and figures in Irish history.
Main title:
Irish history : people, places and events that built a country / Neil Hegarty.
Author:
Hegarty, Neil, authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
London [England] : Collins, 2020.Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2020.
Collation:
1 online resource (100 entries) : 115 images ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 224 pages : illustrations
Contents:
Introduction -- About the author -- Mesolithic Ireland -- The Céide Fields -- Newgrange -- History and myth: Cùchulainn -- The Celts -- Dùn Aonghasa -- The Broighter Hoard -- Palladius: the 'first Patrick' -- Patrick: myth and reality -- Pilgrimage -- 'Saints and scholars' -- Glendalough -- Dal Riata -- Colm Cille -- Columbanus in Europe -- The Irish language -- Skellig Michael -- The Viking presence -- Dublin -- Brian Boru -- Laudabiliter -- Invasion -- Giraldus Cambrensis -- A royal visit -- Dublin Castle -- The Bruce Invasion -- The Statutes of Kilkenny -- Reconquest -- Surrender and Regrant -- Trinity College Dublin -- Kinsale -- The Flight of the Earls -- The Wild Geese -- The Plantation of Ulster -- The Walls of Derry -- 1641 -- Cromwell -- A 'deluded and seduced people' -- The Act of Settlement -- The Big House -- The Siege of Derry -- Marsh's Library -- The Royal Hospital -- Georgian Dublin -- Swift -- The Irish Parliament -- Irish Presbyterianism in America -- The United Irishmen -- 1798 -- The Act of Union -- Maria Edgeworth -- Wellington -- Moore's Melodies -- Irish Lights -- Emancipation -- O'Connell and Repeal -- The Great Hunger -- The Famine and the Future -- The Irish Diaspora -- The Fenians -- The Church Ascendant -- The 'Irish Question' -- The Revival -- The Gaelic Athletic Association -- The Abbey Theatre -- Yeats and Joyce -- Industrial Ulster -- Titanic -- The Ulster Covenant -- A World at War -- The Easter Rising -- Collins and de Valera -- The Treaty -- Constance Markievicz -- Civil War -- In the Free State -- De Valera's Ireland -- The Jews of Ireland -- Northern Ireland at War -- Elizabeth Bowen -- The 'Mother and Child' Scheme -- The Islands of Ireland -- Edna O'Brien -- The Road to the Troubles -- The Troubles -- The Second 'Bloody Sunday' -- Corncrake -- Catholicism and Ireland -- Incarceration -- The Good Friday Agreement -- Imperfect peace -- Two Nobels -- A Tiger and a Bail-Out -- Two Referendums -- Brexit and the future -- Image credits.
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9780008379193 (ePub ebook)0008340137 (pbk.)9780008340131 (pbk.)9781787857445 (electronic version)
Dewey class:
941.5
Language:
English
BRN:
501492
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