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The impact of Scandinavian invaders on the peoples of the Britain and Ireland was incalculable. Raiders on a sometimes large scale, they initially attacked coastal and river settlements, but ended u……続きを見る

Dublin is a city steeped in its past Dublin has never been a place easily reduced to a single story. Developed as a Viking settlement, it became the difficult second city of the British Empire – a c……続きを見る

Explores Celtic culture, trade, warfare, and Roman conquest through updated classical sources. Ancient Ireland and Britain were large Celtic territories on the northwest edge of Europe. They were su……続きを見る

This volume traces the experiences of seven African American abolitionists who travelled to Ireland during the tumultuous years after the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: Eli Stokes, William Allen, Isaac……続きを見る

The Spanish Armada is famous. The armadas that came after it are almost forgotten. In 1588, England survived the great Spanish Armada and turned that survival into legend. Fireships, storms, sea bat……続きを見る

Through a series of innovative perspectives, this book examines how early modern Irish townspeople experienced the urban world through a range of family and associational ties. Migrants inducted thr……続きを見る

A bold new exploration of Fenian revolutionary activity across the Americas In the aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fenian movement stood at a crossroads. Thousands of demobilized Irish sold……続きを見る

During the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, Scotland and England produced such well-known figures as David Hume, Adam Smith, and John Locke. Ireland’s contribution to this revolution in Western tho……続きを見る

An ethnographic study of how the political was configured among controversial post-conflict Northern Irish marching bands In Music and Noise, anthropologist Sean French examines the practice of cont……続きを見る

Frommer’s books aren’t written by A.I. like so many of the no-name brands you’ll see in online bookstores. Nor are they penned by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then c……続きを見る

Ulster is a land rich in the relics of prehistoric man. From the age of ice and mammoths, to the time of the earliest farmers and the craftsmen of the Bronze and Iron Ages, an astonishing array of a……続きを見る

Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room of foreign power and a major site of indigenous ……続きを見る

‘The State is assassinating people.’ These were the chilling words said to have been sent to Tony Blair in 1999 in a damning note bluntly summarising one of the consequences of Britain’s decades-lon……続きを見る

The War That Led to Irish Independence and a Divided Nation For hundreds of years, Ireland existed under British rule. Rebellions rose, failed, and rose again, while generations wrestled with a sing……続きを見る

Flavours of Éire: A History of Irish Cuisine is a rich and immersive journey through the evolution of Ireland's food and drink culture, tracing the story of a nation through its kitchens, farms, tra……続きを見る

Anthropologist Brighton (Maryland) offers a historical archaeological investigation of the diaspora of Ireland, reflecting the migration of Irish immigrants to the US during a turbulent period in Ir……続きを見る

James Corcoran and the Six-Year War for the Irish Republic In the summer of 1798, the Irish rebellion that had promised to make the island a republic died on Vinegar Hill. Most survivors went home. ……続きを見る

« Boire à la source de la Celtie » Récit original raconté en deux parties. La première plus historique et la seconde plus poètique. Au delà des légendes, l'auteur a retrouvé l'histoire véridique de ……続きを見る

Some families inherit land. Some inherit titles. Some inherit a warning. Across Europe, certain names gathered disaster so heavily that history began to darken into folklore. Cursed Bloodlines explo……続きを見る

Genocide is Fintan Drury’s highly-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling Catastrophe: Nakba II, extending his forensic chronicle of the genocide in Gaza into the second year of Israel’s onslaught.……続きを見る

Karina Bénazech Wendling offers a re-assessment of ‘souperism’ーthe long-debated claim that food was used to convert Irish Catholics to Protestantism during the Great Famine. Focusing on the Irish S……続きを見る

FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF A TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE AGES In the year 1324, in the burgeoning town of Kilkenny, Ireland's second biggest town, there lived a wealthy, powerful woman n……続きを見る

Si vous cherchez une introduction à la culture et à la mythologie celtiques, ce livre offre un guide complet et attrayant. Bien qu'il se concentre sur les mythes et légendes des Celtes, il explore é……続きを見る

The Old Roman: James FitzJames, Duke of Berwick, and the Art of War in the Age of Louis XIV Born illegitimate in a French provincial town in 1670, James FitzJames spent his first eighteen years accu……続きを見る

'I don't actually need to read the tell-all account of Sinn Fein. I lead Sinn Fein. I'm very much on the inside and I know what we're at' Mary Lou McDonald What really goes on behind closed doors in……続きを見る

The influence of the Celtic tradition lives on in music, craftsmanship and, most importantly, names. Many of the most popular names in currency today have Celtic roots and this book shows the fascin……続きを見る

Lady Jane Wilde was the mother of Oscar Wilde and an accomplished folklorist. She sought to preserve Irish culture through recording their enchanting myths, rituals and beliefs. This collection cont……続きを見る

Embark on a chilling journey into the shadowy realms of the Emerald Isle with this collection of captivating Irish ghost stories, featuring first-hand tales of paranormal sightings. Faithfully recor……続きを見る

An insightful, searing and clear-eyed account of Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his time as leader of the country during Ireland's greatest crisis From the author of the bestselling Haughey, Gary Murphy ……続きを見る

What do Daniel O'Donnell, pint baby, iodine tablets, Irish reality television, moral panics around sex, Nadine Coyle's missing passport, housewives of the year, bachelor festivals and the Alive-O re……続きを見る