The Course of Irish History
5th Edition
Published on 14. September 2023
544 pages
978-1-4930-8343-5 (ISBN)
Description
First published over forty years ago and now updated to cover the "Celtic Tiger" economic boom of the 2000s and subsequent worldwide recession, this new edition of a perennial bestseller interprets Irish history as a whole. Designed and written to be popular and authoritative, critical and balanced, it has been a core text in both Irish and American universities for decades. It has also proven to be an extremely popular book for casual readers with an interest in history and Irish affairs. Considered the definitive history among the Irish themselves, it is an essential text for anyone interested in the history of Ireland.
Reviews / Votes
PRAISE FOR A PREVIOUS EDITIONAuthoritative, balanced, fair-minded, and beautifully written... Essential for all Irish history collections. * Library Journal * PRAISE FOR A PREVIOUS EDITION
Listed as "Required Reading" and a "Top 10" book. * Irish American *
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Edition
5th Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
Illustrations
20 BW Illustrations, 169 BW Photos, 15 Maps
File size
14,97 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-8343-5 (9781493083435)
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Patrick Kiely | T. W. Moody | F. X. Martin
The Course of Irish History
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09/2012
5th Edition
Roberts Rinehart Publishers
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Persons
The late T.W. Moody (1907 - 1984) was, for many years, professor of modern history at Trinity College, Dublin.
F.X. Martin (1923 - 2000) was Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University College, Dublin.
Dermot Keogh is Emeritus Professor of History and Emeritus Professor of European Integration Studies, University College Cork.
Patrick Kiely is the Online Learning Development and Delivery Coordinator, Teaching & Learning, University College Cork. From 2008 to 2011, he was a Research Fellow in Irish Diplomatic History under the auspices of the Irish National Institute for Historical Research, School of History, UCC.
F.X. Martin (1923 - 2000) was Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University College, Dublin.
Dermot Keogh is Emeritus Professor of History and Emeritus Professor of European Integration Studies, University College Cork.
Patrick Kiely is the Online Learning Development and Delivery Coordinator, Teaching & Learning, University College Cork. From 2008 to 2011, he was a Research Fellow in Irish Diplomatic History under the auspices of the Irish National Institute for Historical Research, School of History, UCC.
Content
- The Course of Irish History
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 A Geographer's View of Irish History
- 2 Prehistoric Ireland
- 3 Early Irish Society: 1st-9th century
- 4 The Beginnings of Christianity: 5th and 6th centuries
- 5 The Golden Age of Early Christian Ireland: 7th and 8th centuries
- 6 The Age of the Viking Wars: 9th and 10th centuries
- 7 Ireland in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: c. 1000-1169
- 8 The Normans - Arrival and Settlement: 1169-c. 1300
- 9 The Medieval English Colony: 13th and 14th centuries
- 10 The Gaelic Resurgence and the Geraldine Supremacy: c. 1400-1534
- 11 The Tudor Conquest: 1534-1603
- 12 The Colonisation of Ulster and the Rebellion of 1641: 1603-60
- 13 The Restoration and the Jacobite War: 1660-91
- 14 The Age of the Penal Laws: 1691-1778
- 15 The Protestant Nation: 1775-1800
- 16 The Age of Daniel O'Connell: 1800-47
- 17 The Great Famine: 1845-50
- 18 Fenianism, Home Rule and the Land War: 1850-91
- 19 From Parnell to Pearse: 1891-1921
- 20 Northern Ireland: 1921-66
- 21 The Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland: 1921-66
- 22 Ireland: 1966-82
- 23 Ireland: 1982-94
- 24 Ireland at the Turn of the Century: 1994-2001
- 25 Turning Corners: Ireland 2002-11
- Notes
- A Chronology of Irish History
- A Bibliography of Irish History
- Index
