TY  - BOOK
AU  - Foster,R.F.
TI  - Luck and the Irish: a brief history of change, c. 1970-2000 
SN  - 9780713997835 (hbk.) :
AV  - DA963 
U1  - 941.50824 FOS 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - History
KW  - ukslc
KW  - European history
KW  - thema
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1973-
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1949-
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -