Ireland 40

The Ulster Plantation of the early seventeenth century is widely accepted as a period of critical importance in the shaping of modern Ulster and one of the most significant projects of colonisation ……続きを見る

As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the ear……続きを見る

This book analyses the relationship between the Irish home rule crisis, the Easter Rising of 1916 and the conscription crisis of 1918, providing a broad and comparative study of war and revolution i……続きを見る

This book challenges the widespread scholarly and popular belief that the Irish Civil War (1922–1923) was followed by a ‘traumatic silence’. It achieves this by opening an alternative archive of pub……続きを見る

The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923 During the Irish Revolution nearly three hundred country houses were bur……続きを見る

In 'Keltische Mythen en Legenden' verkent T. W. Rolleston een fascinerende verzameling van verhalen die diep geworteld zijn in de Keltische cultuur van IJsland, Ierland en Schotland. Rolleston's lit……続きを見る

"The most definitive guide yet in print of researching Ulster based Ancestry" from the Irish genealogy expert and author (Discover My Past, England and Scotland). Tracing Your Northern Irish Ancesto……続きを見る

Who is he? A nineteenth-century photograph glimpsed at a family reunion sets Lois Farley Shuford on a transatlantic quest to discover the life of her great-grandfather Patrick. Following his journey……続きを見る

Divisa arbitrariamente in due dal governo britannico all’inizio del Novecento, da oltre un secolo l’Irlanda vive in bilico tra la pace e la guerra. Nel 1998 l’accordo di Belfast ha sancito la conclu……続きを見る

Why would a wealthy Anglo/Irish woman choose to leave the splendor of her large exquisite family home nestled in the lush green hills of Ireland, her own private gardens, and a fairy tale palace whe……続きを見る

What would you do if you lived in Ireland and children all around you were starving, the few jobs allotted to men were scarce, unemployment so high people crammed together with no heat, no food, and……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive and field-defining examination of the study of religions in Ireland. By bringing together some of the foremost experts on religions in an Irish context, it critica……続きを見る

This volume takes inspiration from Professor Catherine Shannon’s scholarship on Modern Irish and Irish American history and her advocacy for peace in Northern Ireland and features original research ……続きを見る

In UDR: Declassified, Micheál Smith reveals what the British establishment, the British government and its armed forces knew and had to say about the regiment in recently declassified files. From it……続きを見る

The author has taken a serious subject in the history of Ireland and as always masterfully presented it in a funny, ironic and entertaining way. This historical novel is a story of four generations ……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of the impact of the Great War on women's everyday lives in Ireland, focussing on the years of the war and its immediate aftermath. Fionnuala Walsh demonstrates h……続きを見る

Una historia de una de las mujeres irlandesas más formidables de la historia. El nombre de Grace O'Malley permanece para siempre como signo y símbolo de que incluso en tiempos represivos no se puede……続きを見る

Una exposición breve y entretenida de la historia del Reino Unido. Tanto si se quieres revisarla para un examen de historia como si deseas una rápida introducción a la historia del Reino Unido, este……続きを見る

Una historia de una de las mujeres irlandesas más formidables de la historia. El nombre de Grace O'Malley permanece para siempre como signo y símbolo de que incluso en tiempos represivos no se puede……続きを見る

Una exposición breve y entretenida de la historia del Reino Unido. Tanto si se quieres revisarla para un examen de historia como si deseas una rápida introducción a la historia del Reino Unido, este……続きを見る

Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or Liverpool and part of a complex, deep-rooted British world. Many of Dublin's inhabitants wanted t……続きを見る

In 1882, a letter was published in the Irish Times, lamenting the decline of hurling. The game was now played only in a few isolated rural pockets, and according to no fixed set of rules. It would h……続きを見る

A richly recounted memoir of growing up in an Irish farming community in the 1940s A love of Ireland and the Irish is what shines through this little memoir. Growing up amongst the fields, woods and……続きを見る

'Like nothing else you will read' Hilary Mantel Top 25 History Books of the Year, The Times - the perfect gift for book lovers this Christmas! Every day a beloved father dies. Every day a lover depa……続きを見る

'An eye-opening book, an intricate and fascinating story' Hilary Mantel Henry, desperate to marry Anne Boleyn and ensure the Tudor line asks Pope Clement VII to grant him a divorce. Enter Gregorio ……続きを見る

This astute biography brilliantly captures, in one volume, the full range of Winston Churchill's astonishing career. perhaps the greatest political figure of modern times, Churchill's achievement ex……続きを見る

In 100, carefully selected places, BBC History Magazine editor Dave Musgrove takes us on an unforgettable historical tour through British history, from the Roman invasion to 1960s Liverpool. Musgrov……続きを見る

Fred Dibnah was a man born out of his time. His era should have been the 'magnificent age of British engineering' - the nineteenth century - and his heroes were the great industrial engineers of the……続きを見る

The past is a foreign country: t****his is your guidebook. Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the ……続きを見る

The Celtic period was one of tremendous expansion, the last phase of European material and intellectual development before the Mediterranean world spread northwards over the Continent and linked it ……続きを見る