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A History of Irish Thought

Author : Thomas Duddy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Ireland
ISBN : LCCN:01048674

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A History of Irish Thought

Author : Thomas Duddy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134623525

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The first complete introduction to the subject ever published, A History of Irish Thought presents an inclusive survey of Irish thought and the history of Irish ideas against the backdrop of current political and social change in Ireland. Clearly written and engaging, the survey introduces an array of philosophers, polemicists, ideologists, satirists, scientists, poets and political and social reformers, from the anonymous seventh-century monk, the Irish Augustine, and John Scottus Eriugena, to the twentieth century and W.B. Yeats and Iris Murdoch. Thomas Duddy rediscovers the liveliest and most contested issues in the Irish past, and brings the history of Irish thought up to date. This volume will be of great value to anyone interested in Irish culture and its intellectual history.

A History of Irish Economic Thought

Author : Thomas Boylan,Renee Prendergast,John Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136933493

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A History of Irish Economic Thought by Thomas Boylan,Renee Prendergast,John Turner Pdf

For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon through to that of Longfield, Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary and Gorman, it is surprising that no systematic study of Irish political economy has been undertaken. In this book the contributors redress this glaring omission in the history of political economy, for the first time providing an overview of developments in Irish political economy from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Logistically this is achieved through the provision of individual contributions from a group of recognized experts, both Irish and international, who address the contribution of major historical figures in Irish political economy along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought and major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended period.

A History of Irish Thought

Author : Thomas Duddy
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0415206936

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This is the first complete introduction to Irish thought ever available. This volume will be of great value to anyone interested in Irish culture and its intellectual history.

A History of Irish Economic Thought

Author : Thomas Boylan,Renee Prendergast,John Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136933486

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A History of Irish Economic Thought by Thomas Boylan,Renee Prendergast,John Turner Pdf

For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon through to that of Longfield, Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary and Gorman, it is surprising that no systematic study of Irish political economy has been undertaken. In this book the contributors redress this glaring omission in the history of political economy, for the first time providing an overview of developments in Irish political economy from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Logistically this is achieved through the provision of individual contributions from a group of recognized experts, both Irish and international, who address the contribution of major historical figures in Irish political economy along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought and major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended period.

The Political Thought of the Irish Revolution

Author : Richard Bourke,Niamh Gallagher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108836678

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The Political Thought of the Irish Revolution by Richard Bourke,Niamh Gallagher Pdf

These texts demonstrate the diversity of opinion on the so-called 'Irish Question' in the final years of Anglo-Irish Union.

Irish Freedom

Author : Richard English
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780330475822

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Irish Freedom by Richard English Pdf

Richard English's brilliant new book, now available in paperback, is a compelling narrative history of Irish nationalism, in which events are not merely recounted but analysed. Full of rich detail, drawn from years of original research and also from the extensive specialist literature on the subject, it offers explanations of why Irish nationalists have believed and acted as they have, why their ideas and strategies have changed over time, and what effect Irish nationalism has had in shaping modern Ireland. It takes us from the Ulster Plantation to Home Rule, from the Famine of 1847 to the Hunger Strikes of the 1970s, from Parnell to Pearse, from Wolfe Tone to Gerry Adams, from the bitter struggle of the Civil War to the uneasy peace of the early twenty-first century. Is it imaginable that Ireland might – as some have suggested – be about to enter a post-nationalist period? Or will Irish nationalism remain a defining force on the island in future years? 'a courageous and successful attempt to synthesise the entire story between two covers for the neophyte and for the exhausted specialist alike' Tom Garvin, Irish Times

Irish, Catholic and Scouse

Author : John Belchem
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846311079

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Irish, Catholic and Scouse by John Belchem Pdf

Liverpool in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the mirror of Ellis Island: it acted as the great cultural melting pot and processing point of migration from Europe to the United States. Here, for the first time, acclaimed historian John Belchem offers an extensive and groundbreaking social history of the elements of the Irish diaspora that stayed in Liverpool—enriching the city’s cultural mix rather than continuing on their journey. Covering the tumultuous period from the Act of Union to the supposed “final settlement” between Britain and Ireland, this richly illustrated volume will be required reading for anyone interested in the Irish diaspora.

How the Irish Saved Civilization

Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307755131

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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.

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland

Author : Fintan O'Toole
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781631496547

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We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole Pdf

“[L]ike reading a great tragicomic Irish novel.” —James Wood, The New Yorker “Masterful . . . astonishing.” —Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic "A landmark history . . . Leavened by the brilliance of O'Toole's insights and wit.” —Claire Messud, Harper’s Winner • 2021 An Post Irish Book Award — Nonfiction Book of the Year • from the judges: “The most remarkable Irish nonfiction book I’ve read in the last 10 years”; “[A] book for the ages.” A celebrated Irish writer’s magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world. Fintan O’Toole was born in the year the revolution began. It was 1958, and the Irish government—in despair, because all the young people were leaving—opened the country to foreign investment and popular culture. So began a decades-long, ongoing experiment with Irish national identity. In We Don’t Know Ourselves, O’Toole, one of the Anglophone world’s most consummate stylists, weaves his own experiences into Irish social, cultural, and economic change, showing how Ireland, in just one lifetime, has gone from a reactionary “backwater” to an almost totally open society—perhaps the most astonishing national transformation in modern history. Born to a working-class family in the Dublin suburbs, O’Toole served as an altar boy and attended a Christian Brothers school, much as his forebears did. He was enthralled by American Westerns suddenly appearing on Irish television, which were not that far from his own experience, given that Ireland’s main export was beef and it was still not unknown for herds of cattle to clatter down Dublin’s streets. Yet the Westerns were a sign of what was to come. O’Toole narrates the once unthinkable collapse of the all-powerful Catholic Church, brought down by scandal and by the activism of ordinary Irish, women in particular. He relates the horrific violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, which led most Irish to reject violent nationalism. In O’Toole’s telling, America became a lodestar, from John F. Kennedy’s 1963 visit, when the soon-to-be martyred American president was welcomed as a native son, to the emergence of the Irish technology sector in the late 1990s, driven by American corporations, which set Ireland on the path toward particular disaster during the 2008 financial crisis. A remarkably compassionate yet exacting observer, O’Toole in coruscating prose captures the peculiar Irish habit of “deliberate unknowing,” which allowed myths of national greatness to persist even as the foundations were crumbling. Forty years in the making, We Don’t Know Ourselves is a landmark work, a memoir and a national history that ultimately reveals how the two modes are entwined for all of us.

A History of the Irish Language

Author : Aidan Doyle
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198724766

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This work traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion to independence. Aidan Doyle addresses both the shifting position of Irish in society and the important internal linguistic changes that have taken place, and combines political, cultural, and linguistic history.

The Irish Contribution to European Scholastic Thought

Author : J. J. McEvoy,Michael Dunne
Publisher : Four Courts Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1846821657

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The Irish Contribution to European Scholastic Thought by J. J. McEvoy,Michael Dunne Pdf

"This book celebrates 100 years of Scholastic Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast and explores the Scholastic links in philosophy and theology between Ireland and Europe. Covering a wide time period, from John Scottus Eriugena in the ninth century to Peter Coffey (d. 1943) in the twentieth, it is based upon the latest research and on Latin sources, both published and unpublished. The thought of the Irish professors who worked at continental universities during the penal period is also examined and presented, namely, the academic output produced by Irish thinkers in France, Belgium, Italy and Spain. The scope of the book is broad and comprehensive, covering the major Irish Scholastics and brings together acknowledged experts in philosophy, theology and history to produce a pioneering work in the history of Irish thought and higher education."--Pub. desc.

In Search of Ancient Ireland

Author : Carmel McCaffrey,Leo Eaton
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461655695

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In Search of Ancient Ireland by Carmel McCaffrey,Leo Eaton Pdf

This engaging book traces the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C., when nomadic hunter-gatherers appeared in Ireland at the end of the last Ice Age to 1167 A.D., when a Norman invasion brought the country under control of the English crown for the first time. So much of what people today accept as ancient Irish history—Celtic invaders from Europe turning Ireland into a Celtic nation; St. Patrick driving the snakes from Ireland and converting its people to Christianity—is myth and legend with little basis in reality. The truth is more interesting. The Irish, as the authors show, are not even Celtic in an archaeological sense. And there were plenty of bishops in Ireland before a British missionary called Patrick arrived. But In Search of Ancient Ireland is not simply the story of events from long ago. Across Ireland today are festivals, places, and folk customs that provide a tangible link to events thousands of years past. The authors visit and describe many of these places and festivals, talking to a wide variety of historians, scholars, poets, and storytellers in the very settings where history happened. Thus the book is also a journey on the ground to uncover ten thousand years of Irish identity. In Search of Ancient Ireland is the official companion to the three-part PBS documentary series. With 14 black-and-white photos, 6 b&w illustrations, and 1 map.

Economic Thought and the Irish Question 1817-1970

Author : Robert Dennis Collison Black
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Irish Famine

Author : Colm Toibin,Diarmaid Ferriter
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0312300514

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The Irish Famine by Colm Toibin,Diarmaid Ferriter Pdf

The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s has been popularly perceived as a genocide attributable to the British government. In professional historical circles, however, such singular thinking was dismissed many years ago, as evidenced by the scathing academic response to Cecil Woodham-Smith's 1963 classic, The Great Hunger, which, in addition to presenting a vivid and horrifying picture of the human suffering, made strong accusations against the British government's failure to act. And while British governmental sins of omission and commission during the famine played their part, there is a broader context of land agitation and regional influences of class conflict within Ireland that also contributed to the starvation of more than a million people. This remarkable book opens a door to understanding all sides to this tragedy with an absorbing history provided by novelist Colm Toibin that is supported by a collection of key documents selected by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. An important piece of revisionist thinking, The Irish Famine: A Documentary is sure to become the classic primer for this lamentable period of Irish history.