A concise history of Ireland / Máire and Conor Cruise O'Brien.

By:

O'Brien, Máire, 1922-

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1985.Edition: 3rd ed., revDescription: 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780500273791 (pbk.)
0500273790

Uniform titles:

Concise history of Ireland.

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

941.5 OBR

LOC classification:

DA911 .O24 1985

Contents:

Prehistory, myth and the earliest records; Christianity to the coming of the Normans; a conquest absorbed; Protestant conquest; Protestant conquest undermined; Catholic resurgence and Protestant reaction; the struggle for independence; self-government; list of illustrations.

Summary: There is a tragic inevitability about Irish history: hatred answering hatred, as Lady Gregory wrote. Four events in particular, Yeats\' four deep, tragic notes, ring through Irish history: the Catholic revolt against Elizabeth; the battle of the Boyne, which established the Protestant Ascendancy; the impact of the French Revolution; and the fall from power of Charles Stewart Parnell, which turned Ireland away from peaceful solutions to its ills. The authors bring the story up to the present, then look ahead to the end of the century.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	941.5 OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		204029
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	941.5 OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		117751

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 177-178.

There is a tragic inevitability about Irish history: hatred answering hatred, as Lady Gregory wrote. Four events in particular, Yeats\' four deep, tragic notes, ring through Irish history: the Catholic revolt against Elizabeth; the battle of the Boyne, which established the Protestant Ascendancy; the impact of the French Revolution; and the fall from power of Charles Stewart Parnell, which turned Ireland away from peaceful solutions to its ills. The authors bring the story up to the present, then look ahead to the end of the century.