A History Of Ireland In 250 Episodes Everything You Ve Ever Wanted To Know About Irish History

Author : Jonathan Bardon
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780717157549

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A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes – Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Irish History by Jonathan Bardon Pdf

THE ONLY BOOK ON IRISH HISTORY YOU'LL EVER NEED!From invasions to rebellions, heroic martyrs to pragmatic politicians, industrial development to mass emigration, A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes by renowned Irish historian Jonathan Bardon will take you on a sweeping journey through Irish history, getting behind the historical headlines to reveal the lived experience of Irish people.Written in easy-to-read bitesize episodes, Bardon's original and engaging style will make you feel as though you're alongside William Smith O'Brien and his rebels at the Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage Patch, traversing the country to banish snakes and convert Celts with St Patrick, and feasting with the Spanish Armada's Captain Francisco de Cuellar and his wild Irish hosts. From taking up arms with the United Irishmen at Vinegar Hill to standing in solidarity with the workers of the Dublin 1916 Lockout, A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes will take you right to the heart of Irish history.Featuring a cast of characters that leap off the page, from the well-known, like the hero of the War of Independence, Michael Collins, to the quirky, such as Susannah Cibber, the first soprano to sing Handel's Messiah, A History of 250 Episodes will thrill, excite and inform you from start to finish. Whether you dip in and out of episodes or devour it from cover to cover, Bardon's must-have book will teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about Irish history and much, much more beyond.

Author : Conor Gallagher
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780717196005

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Is Ireland Neutral? by Conor Gallagher Pdf

Neutrality has, supposedly, long been a pillar of the Irish national identity – a policy that the country has proudly presented on the world stage. But, examining the concept reveals it to be a vague and elastic notion – one that, throughout history, various governments have been happy to stretch or, in some cases, abandon entirely. Today, warfare has expanded to include cyberattacks, environmental concerns, election interference and disinformation. If our traditional idea of warfare is changing, should our idea of neutrality change too? In this timely and thought-provoking examination of a core tenet of Irish society, Conor Gallagher explores the practical and ethical implications of choosing a side, asking: in the face of aggression, is it right to sit back and do nothing?

Author : Jonathan Bardon
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780717151998

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The Plantation of Ulster by Jonathan Bardon Pdf

In this vivid account, the author punctures some generally held assumptions: despite slaughter and famine, the province on the eve of the Plantation was not completely depopulated as was often asserted at the time; the native Irish were not deliberately given the most infertile land; some of the most energetic planters were Catholic; and the Catholic Church there emerged stronger than before. Above all, natives and newcomers fused to a greater degree than is widely believed: apart from recent immigrants, nearly all Ulster people today have the blood of both Planter and Gael flowing in their veins. Nevertheless, memories of dispossession and massacre, etched into the folk memory, were to ignite explosive outbreaks of intercommunal conflict down to our own time. The Plantation was also the beginning of a far greater exodus to North America. Subsequently, descendants of Ulster planters crossed the Atlantic in their tens of thousands to play a central role in shaping the United States of America.

Author : Jonathan Bardon
Publisher : Gill
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000110600040

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A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes by Jonathan Bardon Pdf

"Jonathan Bardon covers all the obvious things: the invasions, battles, development of towns and cities, the Reformation, the Georgian era, the Famine, rebellions and resistance, the difference of Ulster, partition, the twentieth century. What makes his book so valuable, however, are the quirky subjects he chooses to illustrate how history really works: the great winter freeze of 1740 and the famine that followed; crime and duelling; an emigrant voyage; evictions. These episodes get behind the historical headlines to give a glimpse of past realities that might otherwise be lost to view." "The author has retained the original episodic structure of the radio programmes. The result is a marvellous mosaic of the Irish past, delivered with clarity and narrative skill." --Book Jacket.

Author : Jonathan Bardon
Publisher : Gill Books
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0717146499

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A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes by Jonathan Bardon Pdf

A magisterial survey of Irish history from the end of the ice age to the peace settlement in Northern Ireland.

Author : Jonathan Bardon,Fergal Tobin
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780717190010

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A History of Ireland in 100 Episodes by Jonathan Bardon,Fergal Tobin Pdf

This authoritative and comprehensive history of Ireland covers the entire history of the island from the Ice Age to the peace process in 100 short episodes. In this thoughtful analysis of Irish society, Bardon integrates the significant cultural and literary history of Ireland with its political and social past. Based on the hugely popular BBC radio series A Short History of Ireland, each episode stands alone, providing a snippet of Irish history in five minutes' reading. In turn, to read each episode in sequence from beginning to end provides a magisterial history of Europe's most western land.

Author : Bernice Morgan
Publisher : Breakwater Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1550810510

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Random Passage by Bernice Morgan Pdf

This is the story of a small group of English immigrants and their struggle to establish a community and livelihood in the forbidding environment of Cape Random on the NE coast of Newfoundland in mid-environment of Cape Random on the NE coast of Newfoundland in the mid-1800s.

Author : Neil Hegarty
Publisher : Random House
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448140398

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Story of Ireland by Neil Hegarty Pdf

The history of Ireland has traditionally focused on the localized struggles of religious conflict, territoriality and the fight for Home Rule. But from the early Catholic missions into Europe to the embrace of the euro, the real story of Ireland has played out on the larger international stage. Story of Ireland presents this new take on Irish history, challenging the narrative that has been told for generations and drawing fresh conclusions about the way the Irish have lived. Revisiting the major turning points in Irish history, Neil Hegarty re-examines the accepted stories, challenging long-held myths and looking not only at the dynamics of what happened in Ireland, but also at the role of events abroad. How did Europe's 16th century religious wars inform the incredible violence inflicted on the Irish by the Elizabethans? What was the impact of the French and American revolutions on the Irish nationalist movement? What were the consequences of Ireland's policy of neutrality during the Second World War? Story of Ireland sets out to answer these questions and more, rejecting the introspection that has often characterized Irish history. Accompanying a landmark series coproduced by the BBC and RTE, and with an introduction by series presenter, Fergal Keane, Story of Ireland is an epic account of Ireland's history for an entire new generation.

Author : Geoffrey Keating
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1732
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10213179

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The general history of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Keating
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Celts
ISBN : ONB:+Z225546407

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The History of Ireland from the Earliest Period to the English Invasion by Geoffrey Keating Pdf

Author : Thomas Bartlett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521197205

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Ireland by Thomas Bartlett Pdf

Acclaimed political, social, cultural and economic history of Ireland from prehistory to the present by one of Ireland's leading historians.

Author : Jonathan Bardon
Publisher : Gill & Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 071718059X

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A Narrow Sea by Jonathan Bardon Pdf

The first history of the special relationship between Ireland and Scotland from acclaimed historian Jonathan Bardon, based on his BBC Radio series Based on the popular BBC Ulster radio series of the same name, A Narrow Sea traces the epic sweep of Ireland's relationship with Scotland, exploring the myriad connections, correlations, personalities and antagonisms that have, over the centuries, defined the relationship between these two spirited neighbours. In 120 brief, episodic chapters, A Narrow Sea offers a stirring and panoramic view of a connection that has shaped the course of history. Roving freely across the centuries, from the first migrations of the regions' paleolithic tribes and their encounters with Greek and Roman explorers, to the grand colonial projects of the Vikings, Normans and Stuarts, this is the story of how a shared culture laid the basis for two very different nations. 'Jonathan Bardon's lively and engaging history of the interactions between Ireland and Scotland over two millennia is a vastly pleasurable read and history at its most accessible.' Dublin Review of Books

Author : Gustave de Beaumont
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674031111

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Ireland by Gustave de Beaumont Pdf

Paralleling his friend Alexis de Tocqueville's visit to America, Gustave de Beaumont traveled through Ireland in the mid-1830s to observe its people and society. In Ireland, he chronicles the history of the Irish and offers up a national portrait on the eve of the Great Famine. Published to acclaim in France, Ireland remained in print there until 1914. The English edition, translated by William Cooke Taylor and published in 1839, was not reprinted. In a devastating critique of British policy in Ireland, Beaumont questioned why a government with such enlightened institutions tolerated such oppression. He was scathing in his depiction of the ruinous state of Ireland, noting the desperation of the Catholics, the misery of repeated famines, the unfair landlord system, and the faults of the aristocracy. It was not surprising the Irish were seen as loafers, drunks, and brutes when they had been reduced to living like beasts. Yet Beaumont held out hope that British liberal reforms could heal Ireland's wounds. This rediscovered masterpiece, in a single volume for the first time, reproduces the nineteenth-century Taylor translation and includes an introduction on Beaumont and his world. This volume also presents Beaumont's impassioned preface to the 1863 French edition in which he portrays the appalling effects of the Great Famine. A classic of nineteenth-century political and social commentary, Beaumont's singular portrait offers the compelling immediacy of an eyewitness to history.

Author : Thomas Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:591074413

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The history of Ireland by Thomas Wright Pdf

Author : Howard a. Kramer
Publisher : Complete Pilgrim, LLC
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1732508100

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The Complete American Pilgrim by Howard a. Kramer Pdf

The Complete American Pilgrim is a traveler's guide to 250 of the most sacred and historic religious sites in the United States. It is based on the travels and research of the author, who over the last few decades has visited countless religious sites around the world. The Complete American Pilgrim invites casual travelers and die-hard pilgrims alike to explore some of the most sacred destinations to be found in the United States. These places, chosen for their religious, historic and architectural importance encompass centuries of the American religious experience. From the historic colonial churches of New England to the magnificent missions of California, discover what hidden treasures of faith may be found in your own neighborhood.