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The Rebellion of 1798 was one of the most crucial events in modern Irish history, and the bicentenary commemorations throughout Ireland in 1998 provided much new understanding of an issue that has, ……続きを見る

A lively, street-level history of turn-of-the-century urban life explores the Americanizing influence of the Irish on successive waves of migrants to the American city. In the newest volume in the a……続きを見る

The seminal history of Ireland’s most unusual century, thoroughly updated for the new millennium. With its starting point the bloody creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, Ireland: A Social and C……続きを見る

Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy A huge collection of Irish folklore and legends, up through Christian times. 続きを見る

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Edited and Selected by W. B. Yeats "This is an anthology of Irish folklore, edited by W. B. Yeats. Many of these stories are from books which are archived……続きを見る

The Evolution of the GAA brings together leading writers and academics to examine the history of the GAA over 125 years and Gaelic games over previous centuries. This collection outlines the progres……続きを見る

Newly updated on the hundredth anniversary of the tragedy by Titanic expert Dave Gittins to reflect the latest facts and theories about the ship's sinking, Titanic: The Death and Life of a Legend wi……続きを見る

Combining over 100 beautifully crafted maps, charts and graphs with a narrative packed with facts and information, An Atlas of Irish History provides coverage of the main political, military, econom……続きを見る

A. H. Atteridge penned many books on the subject of warfare, concentrating mainly on the Napoleonic period and the German army in the run up to the First World War. An acknowledged expert, his writi……続きを見る

An ethereal collection of long-lost fairy tales and folk stories from Ireland, collated and edited by one of the most sensational Irish poets, W. B. Yeats. This anthology of Irish myths and folklore……続きを見る

'…from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Depa……続きを見る

A timely work of major historical importance, examining the whole spectrum of events from the 1916 Easter Rising to the current and ongoing peace process, fully updated with a new afterword for the ……続きを見る

This is not a boring history book. Instead, it takes a sympathetic look at some very  ordinary people in a very extraordinary time.  Of interest to anyone whose forefathers left Ireland i……続きを見る

(This ebook does not include illustrations.) This social history records the daily life of the English people from the time of the Norman Conquest to our own. Based on diaries, letters, memoirs, off……続きを見る

Footless! Legless, in fact, and armless too. Nothing to do with a state of intoxication, though - Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh was was born with no legs or arms, and yet was a husband and father, an ……続きを見る

Priompallán a thug Seathrún Céitinn ar na staraithe frith-Ghaelacha, feithidí ar fearr leo a bheith ag únfairt sa bhualtrach ná aird a thabhairt ar na blátha áille os a cionn. Ta siad ann fós i meas……続きを見る

When Muckamore Abbey Hospital first admitted patients in 1949, services in Northern Ireland for people with learning disability lagged far behind those in the rest of Ireland and the United Kingdom.……続きを見る

The astonishing story that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel Kidnapped. In 1728, in the wake of his father’s death, the twelve-year-old heir to five aristocratic titles and the scion o……続きを見る

This book clears up and answers some of the myths generated by those who oppose the link with Britain and who are trying to re-write Irish history. Who were the original planters in Ulster? Were the……続きを見る

A comprehensive look at the history of the land of Ireland from ancient times all the way through to the 1930s. 続きを見る

2 works of Horace Plunkett Anglo-Irish unionist (1854-1932) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Horace Plunkett. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work sel……続きを見る

This is a Litebite Book, about the equal of forty or so pages of a Paperback or Pocket Book. 'The Daniel O'Connell story ‒ Book One: Youth'is the first in a series telling the story of Daniel O'Conn……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS (abridged list) Chapter I, Introduction; Chronology of the Irish Bronze Age. Chapter II, Transitional Copper Period; Local……続きを見る

The struggle between Catholic and Protestant has shaped Irish history since the Reformation, with tragic consequences up to the present day. But how do Catholics and Protestants in Ireland see each ……続きを見る

A book detailing the lives and occupations of itinerant Irish immigramts in the north of England during the last two centuries. It tells the story of how the Irish helped to build the North of Engla……続きを見る

Some of the most creative of human expression has originated in the collision of cultures. So it is with this extraordinary archive. The Corporal and the Celestials publishes for the first time a tr……続きを見る

3 works of Erskine Childers Author and Irish nationalist (1870-1922) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Erskine Childers. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to th……続きを見る

Abysmal weather, slag heaps, funny accents; the bleak uplands of a landscape carved out of millstone grit; townscapes of abandoned mills and shipyards; the detritus of an industrial revolution well ……続きを見る

In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a histor……続きを見る

The Origins of the Irish is the first major attempt in nearly eighty years to deal with the core issues of how the Irish people came into being. Written as an engrossing detective story, this author……続きを見る