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9780071496902

Teach Yourself The History of Ireland

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  • ISBN13:

    9780071496902

  • ISBN10:

    0071496904

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-10-15
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Untangle the history of this fascinating islandTeach Yourself The History of Irelandmakes sound sense of the Emerald Isle's complicated history. You will learn about all the major players and events, from the wars of the ancient kings and British subjugation to the IRA's decommissioning of arms and the murders of Robert McCartney and Denis Donaldson.

Author Biography

Finbar Madden is Head of Government and Politics at St Columb's College, Derry, Ireland.

Table of Contents

Ireland before 1500: a land of saints and scholars
Reformation and rebellion
From restoration to revolution
Nationalism and Unionism
Culture, society and politics
Making the break
The freedom to achieve freedom?
A Protestant parliament and a protestant state
Breaking the links: the Irish Free State, 1922-39
Ireland and the Second World War
Ireland in the post-war years
Transforming the face of Ulster? The 1960s
Countdown to chaos: ‘the Troubles' begin
The search for a solution: 1974-85
The beginning of the end: 1985-97
The Good Friday Agreement and its aftermath
The Republic of Ireland since the 1960s
Abbreviations
Glossary taking it further
Index
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