Superbly illustrated with over 150 photographs, paintings and drawings this is a crisply written, succinct summary of Ireland's past from Viking and Norman invasions to the present day. It is designed as an introduction to Irish history. Other books by Richard Killeen Dublin Dublin - French Edition Dublin - German Edition Ireland A Short History of Ireland - French Edition A Short History or Ireland - German Edition A Short History of Scotland A Short History of Scotland - French Edition A Short History of Scotland - German Edition.

A Short History of Ireland

Richard Killeen

Gill & MacMillan, Ltd. (Irelan

A Short History of Ireland (French Edition)

Gill Macmillan Ltd

This is a pocket-sized history of Ireland, from Viking and Norman invasions, Plantation and the Cromwellian wars to the present. Written for visitors and holidaymakers, and published simultaneously in English, French and German, this book is designed as an introduction to Irish history.

A Short History of Ireland (German Edition)

A Timeline of Irish History is popular reference publishing at its best: concise, attractively presented and reliable. This is a crisply written, succinct summary of Ireland's past from the construction of Newgrange to the Northern Ireland peace process. Maps and illustrations are used to bring the events in the timeline to life. In addition, there are short introductory essays to the major developments in the story: the coming of Christianity; the Vikings and the Normans; the Reformation; the Georgian era; the Famine; the Irish revolution, and so on.

A Timeline of Irish History

History

Europe

Gill & MacMillan, Limited

Historical Atlas of Dublin

Dublin started as a Viking trading settlement in the middle of the tenth century. Location was the key to its quick ascendancy among Irish towns. It commanded the shortest crossing to a major port in Britain. By the time the Normans arrived in Ireland in the late twelfth century, this was crucial: Dublin maintained the best communications between the English crown and its new lordship in Ireland. The city first developed on the rising ground south of the river where Christ Church now is. The English established their principal citadel in this area, although Dublin Castle was later described by one disgruntled governor as 'the worst castle in the worst site in Christendom'. Throughout the medieval and early modern periods, the city's importance was entirely ecclesiastical and strategic. It was not a centre of learning, or fashion or commerce. The foundation of Trinity College in 1592 was a landmark event but the city did not really develop until the long peace of the eighteenth century. Then the series of fine, wide Georgian streets and noble public buildings that are Dublin's greatest boast were built. A semi-autonomous parliament of the Anglo-Irish colonial elite provided a focus for social life and the city flourished. This parliament dissolved itself in 1800 under the terms of the Act of Union and Ireland became a full part of the metropolitan British state, a situation not reversed until Irish independence in 1922 (Northern Ireland always excepted). The union years saw Dublin decline. Fine old houses were gradually abandoned by the aristocracy and became hideous tenement warrens. The city missed out on the Industrial Revolution. By the time Joyce immortalised it, it had become 'the centre of paralysis' in his famous phrase. Independence restored some of its natural function but there was still much poverty and shabbiness. The 1960s boom proved to be a false dawn. Only since the 1990s has there been real evidence of a city reinventing and revitalising itself.

In this enthralling celebration of the places and people that make the country unique, Richard Killeen takes the reader on a tour of Ireland that reveals its rich and surprising history, including its heroes and villains, legends and folklore. As well as exploring the nation's rich literary and sporting heritage, Ireland: 1,001 Things You Need to Know also reveals the best of the country for those visiting today, from Dublin pubs to the nation's finest beaches. This captivating miscellany holds a treasure trove of information that tells the story of this alluring and bewitching country anew.

Ireland: 1001 Things You Need to Know

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