In Search of Ireland's Heroes The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day

by McCaffrey, Carmel

• ISBN13: 9781566637565
• ISBN10: 1566637562
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-19
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee

Summary

In In Search of Ancient Ireland, published by Ivan R. Dee in 2002, Carmel McCaffrey traced the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C. to the Norman invasion. Now, in an engaging sequel, Ms. McCaffrey tells the story of the struggle between English and Irish aspirations in the centuries since the first English incursions into Ireland in the 12th century. This is a narrative history filled with powerful personalities and families who fought in battle and through constitutional means to free Ireland from English control.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
The Incomplete Conquest	p. 3
The Recalcitrant Colony: FitzGerald Power in Ireland	p. 32
Princes of Ireland: O'Neill and O'Donnell	p. 55
The Plantation of Ulster and the Erosion of Gaelic Ireland	p. 77
Catholic Dispossession: The New Elite	p. 107
Patriots and Rebels: Grattan, Tone, and FitzGerald	p. 126
A Most Distressful Country: Union and Famine	p. 145
Struggling for Land Rights and Home Rule: Charles Stewart Parnell	p. 176
Murmuring Name Upon Name: From Literature to Armed Rebellion	p. 201
A Terrible Beauty: The Irish War of Independence	p. 231
North and South: The Two States of Ireland	p. 245
Chronology of Irish History	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 277
Index	p. 279
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