This outstanding survey of Irish history between 1798 and the Famine looks at the origins, course and consequences of the changes which swept through Irish life in the period. It traces the rise of modern Irish nationalism and the parallel decline and collapse of the old eighteenth-century social structure. "A well-written and masterly piece of compact description."-Irish Independent." "It explains carefully and clearly the main themes and problems of a complicated period in which so many of the attitudes and permanent social features of modern Ireland were crystallized."-Studies Ireland. Before The Famine 1798-1848 originally appeared as volume nine of the Gill History of Ireland. It remains the only survey volume dealing specifically with the first half of the nineteenth century.

Ireland Before the Famine: 1798-1848

History

O'Tuathaigh, Gearóid

Europe

Gill Books

At various times in history, there are individuals whose impact, influence and personality place them on a par with those great impersonal forces and decisive events that shape a nation's destiny. In modern Ireland, such a man was Eamon de Valera. Sole surviving commandant of the 1916 Rising, President of the first Dail, founder ot the Fianna Fail party, Taoiseach for twenty years, President for fourteen years: the name de Valera evokes a powerful response right across the Irish political spectrum, ranging from loval devotion to the most bitter condemnation. In this book, two leading historians analyse de Valera's Ireland, his achievements and his failures, his vision and his legacy. They portray the great social and political issues that dominated his lifetime. Brilliantly illustrated from the copious picture research for RTE's centenary television series, here is a panorama of turbulent history, and a tough critical appraisal of the making of the modern Republic.

Age of De Valera

Lee, Joseph

Irish Book Center

The development of the Gaeltacht as a bilingual entity (Occasional paper)

Linguistics Institute of Ireland

The catastrophe of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-51 is a major watershed in Irish history, with a decisive impact on many aspects of Irish demographic, economic, social and political history. It played a crucial role in shaping the memory and identity of the Irish diaspora, notably in north America and Britain. It is also credited with effecting enduring changes in Irish cultural life. Perhaps the most profound cultural change in modern Irish history has been the replacement of Irish by English as the main vernacular of the general population in the centuries since the conquest of Ireland in the sixteenth century. It is a complex story, but the massive impact of the Famine (mortality and emigration) on the later phase of this language change demands precise analysis. Based on the author's own work and taking account of recent studies of the language change, this Folio examines closely explanations and interpretations of this change of vernacular--over the long term and in its nineteenth-century setting--with a firm focus on the role of the Great Famine in this episode of fundamental cultural transformation.

I mBéal an Bháis: The Great Famine and the Language Shift in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Famine Folios)

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Cork University Press

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