A History of IrelandPsychology Press, 1991 - 366 pages Beginning in 6000 BC, this comprehensive history of Ireland spans the ages and takes the reader up to the present day. It covers the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, the arrival of Christianity, the Viking period, the takeover of Ireland by Henry II in 1171 AD and the struggle for independence. |
Table des matières
the first 6000 years | 1 |
Celts and Christians | 22 |
The Viking contribution | 44 |
The coming of the Normans | 58 |
Two nations | 74 |
Tudor colonists | 104 |
The Irish dispossessed | 137 |
The Protestant Ascendancy | 165 |
The Great Famine | 227 |
The struggle for Home Rule | 239 |
Blood sacrifice | 266 |
The road to freedom | 295 |
Partition | 319 |
Notes | 341 |
Further reading | 348 |
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