Luck and the Irish : a brief history of change, c. 1970-2000 / R.F. Foster.
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TextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, 2007.Description: xi, 227 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780713997835 (hbk.) :
- 9780713997835 (hbk.) :
- Luck & the Irish [Cover title]
- 941.50824 FOS
- DA963
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: culture and anarchy in Ireland c.1970-2000 -- 1.The Miracle of the loaves and fishes -- 2.How the Catholics became Protestants -- 3.\'The party fight and funeral:\': Fianna Faþil and Irish politics in the late twentieth century -- 4. \'Big, mad children\': the South and the North -- 5.How the short stories became novels -- Conclusion: the strange death of romantic Ireland.
From about 1970, Irish history moved into a fast-forward phase. Foster's book looks at the roots of the changes which came with an almost completely unexpected wave of prosperity.