A Traveller S History Of Ireland

Author : Peter Neville
Publisher : Interlink Publishing Group
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004105336

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The Traveller's History series is designed for travellers who want more historical background on the country they are visiting than can be found in a tour guide. Each volume offers a complete and authoritative history of the country from the earliest times up to the present day. A Gazetteer cross-referenced to the main text pinpoints the historical importance of signs and towns. Illustrated with maps and line drawings, this literate and lively series makes ideal before-you-go reading, and is just as handy tucked into suitcase or backpack. Each volume includes: -- Historical Maps -- Line Drawings -- A-Z Gazetteer -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Chronology of Major Events -- List of Monarchs and Heads of State.

Author : Peter Neville
Publisher : Cassell
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : 0304362433

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A Traveller's History of Ireland by Peter Neville Pdf

'This book will be appreciated by visitors who want more historical background than ordinary series guidebooks supply...Highly recommended...' LIBRARY JOURNAL 'For independent, inquisitive travellers traversing the green roads of Ireland, there is no better guide than A TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF IRELAND.' SMALL PRESS Constantly in the news, there are few countries where the background history is so vital to an understanding of its people and culture. A TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF IRELAND not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the nation's development right up to the present day but also provides an invaluable introduction to this land of poets, saints, eloquent politicians, illustrious soldiers and inspiring rebels. Political, social and industrial history and economics are also well covered. The book includes a comprehensive description of modern Ireland, both North and South, and of its two separate Catholic Nationalist and Protestant Unionist traditions. There is a Historical Gazetteer cross referenced to the main text and particular attention is paid to the classic historical sites, which feature on any visitor's itinerary.

Author : Peter Neville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 1905214693

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Traveller's History of Ireland by Peter Neville Pdf

A splendid guidebook to Irelandís spectacular antiquitiesóits passage tombs, ring forts, castles, Neolithic settlements, and monastic sites. With its witty and erudite explorations of Irish mythology, history, literature, archaeology, and architecture, this travel book makes for an excellent companion on a journey to Ireland that is also a journey back in time. Along with fascinating overviews of prehistoric, Celtic, early Christian, and early medieval times, Meagher gives the traveler concrete help in finding the most stunning sites that preserve and breathe that history today (some are surprisingly unknown). After the dayís exploring is done, readers can consult the same volume to find where to stay and eatÖ or entertaining bed-time reading in Meagherís lore about these ancient sites. In Ancient Ireland, Meagher brings both his passionate scholarship and knowledge of the country and its history to a guide that is at once personal, humorous, engaging, scholarly, and still minutely practical.

Author : Christopher J. Woods
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1846821312

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Travellers' Accounts as Source-material for Irish Historians by Christopher J. Woods Pdf

"This book is intended as an aid to Irish historians on the use of traveller's accounts as source-material. It consists of a discursive introduction, annotations of over 200 accounts from the years 1635-1948, a select bibliography and indexes of travellers and places. The annotations consist of the usual bibliographical details, identification of the traveller, the purpose and period of his or her travel, the exact itinerary followed, his or her mode of transport, the traveller's observations, and persons encountered. Whereas those who have published on Irish travel writing in recent years have generally seen it as another literary genre suitable for development of concepts of literary scholarship (image, identity, influences, etc.). C. J. Woods sees travel narratives as an important primary source of information - on transport, landscape, the economy, society, religion etc. This guide is invaluable to Irish local historians as a means of identifying those accounts that refer to the dark places in which they are interested." --Book Jacket.

Author : Sharon Bohn Gmelch,George Gmelch
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253014610

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Irish Travellers by Sharon Bohn Gmelch,George Gmelch Pdf

Anthropologists George and Sharon Gmelch have been studying the quasi-nomadic people known as Travellers since their fieldwork in the early 1970s, when they lived among Travellers and went on the road in their own horse-drawn wagon. In 2011 they returned to seek out families they had known decades before—shadowed by a film crew and taking with them hundreds of old photographs showing the Travellers' former way of life. Many of these images are included in this book, alongside more recent photos and compelling personal narratives that reveal how Traveller lives have changed now that they have left nomadism behind.

Author : Jim Mac Laughlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000056856077

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Travellers and Ireland by Jim Mac Laughlin Pdf

Author : Richard Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:656123083

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Traveller's History Of Britain And Ireland by Richard Muir Pdf

Author : Jane Leslie Helleiner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802086284

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Irish Travellers by Jane Leslie Helleiner Pdf

Helleiner's study documents anti-Traveller racism in Ireland and explores the ongoing realities of Traveller life as well as the production and reproduction of contemporary Traveller collective identity and culture.

Author : Peter Neville
Publisher : Interlink Publishing Group
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 1566561817

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A Traveller's History of Ireland by Peter Neville Pdf

The Traveller's History series is designed for travellers who want more historical background on the country they are visiting than can be found in a tour guide. Each volume offers a complete and authoritative history of the country from the earliest times up to the present day. A Gazetteer cross-referenced to the main text pinpoints the historical importance of signs and towns.Illustrated with maps and line drawings, this literate and lively series makes ideal before-you-go reading, and is just as handy tucked into suitcase or backpack.Each volume includes: -- Historical Maps -- Line Drawings-- A-Z Gazetteer -- Select Bibliography -- Index-- Chronology of Major Events-- List of Monarchs and Heads of State. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Mary Burke
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199566464

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'Tinkers' by Mary Burke Pdf

Irish playwright J.M. Synge created influential but misunderstood representations of travellers or 'tinkers'. This work traces the history of the 'tinker' back to medieval Irish historiography and English Renaissance literature and forward to contemporary US screen depictions.

Author : Harry Adès
Publisher : Interlink Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1623717582

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A Traveller's History of Egypt by Harry Adès Pdf

Ancient Egypt has gripped the popular imagination like no other country and the lure of its pyramids and the Nile are a magnet for visitors from all over the world. This book provides a concise and fascinating journey from the country’s earliest beginnings right up to the present day. A Traveller’s History of Egypt communicates the magic of the pharaohs alongside a level-headed discussion of Islam for the benefit of modern travellers. The book will span the entire history of Egypt, from the murkiest origins of prehistory right up to the latest developments – all in a style that is as entertaining as it is well-informed. There are few books on the country that attempt this feat, but to do so is perhaps more important today than it has ever been, at a time when an understanding of contemporary Egypt is not merely an advantage for travel there, but a necessity. It will make sense of the major controversies and guide the reader carefully where Egyptologists cannot agree – whether it is the dates of certain kings or the positioning of whole dynasties. A full chronology of major events, a cross-reference historical gazetteer, a list of pharaohs, rulers and presidents, a bibliography, index and historical maps, will add to its accessibility, and afford it the most useful elements of a reference book.

Author : Mike Carroll
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721882545

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Irish Travellers by Mike Carroll Pdf

This book contains historical accounts of the Irish American Travellers as seen through their eyes and the eyes of their ancestors. It is a glimpse into a people that have isolated themselves from conventional America. It uses facts and reality to discredit lies and propaganda. If you are ready for the truth, open your mind, and turn the page.

Author : Mícheál Ó hAodha
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0719083044

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Insubordinate Irish by Mícheál Ó hAodha Pdf

This book traces a number of common themes relating to the representation of Irish Travelers in Irish popular tradition and how these themes have impacted on Ireland's collective imagination. A particular focus of the book is on the exploration of the Traveler as "Other," an "Other" who is perceived as both inside and outside Ireland's collective ideation. Frequently constructed as a group whose cultural tenets are in a dichotomous opposition to that of the "settled" community, this book demonstrates the ambivalence and complexity of the Irish Traveler "Other" in the context of a European postcolonial country. Not only has the construction and representation of Travelers always been less stable and "fixed" than previously supposed, these images have been acted upon and changed by both the Traveler and non-Traveler communities as the situation has demanded. Drawing primarily on little-explored Irish language sources, this volume demonstrates the fluidity of what is often assumed as reified or "fixed." As evidenced in Irish-language cultural sources the image of the Traveler is inextricably linked with the very concept of Irish identity itself. They are simultaneously the same and "Other" and frequently function as exemplars of the hegemony of native Irish culture as set against colonial traditions. This book is an important addition to the Irish Studies canon, in particular as relating to those exciting and unexplored terrains hitherto deemed "marginal" - Traveler Studies, Romani Studies, and Diaspora/Migration Studies to name but a few.

Author : Nathaniel Harris
Publisher : Bounty Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 0753729288

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Heritage of Ireland by Nathaniel Harris Pdf

Heritage of Ireland is a celebration of Irish life and culture. The history of the Emerald Isle is as fascinating as the heroic myths enshrined in the Irish imagination. Beginning even before the arrival of the Celts, the stirring and often tragic events of Irish history are chronicled, from the impact of the viking, Norman and Tudor conquests to the effects of the Reformation, the Famine and the political struggles of the nineteenth and twentieth centures.

Author : John H. Chambers
Publisher : Interlink Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1623717337

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A Traveller's History of Australia by John H. Chambers Pdf

Essential reading for travelers who wish to enjoy the amazing diversity of Australia. The ancient Aboriginal way of life is described; early European sightings; and the establishment of the British convict colony in 1788, which dragged the continent into the modern world. The dynamic story of Australia in the twentieth century, its role in two world wars, the post-war discoveries of huge mineral deposits, its courting of Asia in recent decades, the return of vast areas of land to the Aborigines, and its confident cultural vibrancy in wine, food, film, and art are also examined.