Irish History For DummiesA rip-roaring ride through the history of the Emerald Isle Ireland’s story is an amazingly dramatic and intense one – and today the influence of Irish culture can be felt around the globe. This book helps you find out why, taking you on a rollercoaster journey through the highs and lows of Ireland’s past including invasions, battles, executions, religious divide, uprisings, emigration – and Riverdance! Mike Cronin is a lecturer at the Centre for Irish Programmes, Boston College, Dublin. He has written 5 books on Irish history. Discover:
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Contents
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Saints and Kings Irelands Early Years | |
Snakes Alive Christianity Comes to Ireland | |
The Normans Are Coming The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries | |
The Invading English Kings The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries | |
Religious Wars and Family Feuds The Sixteenth and Seventeenth | |
Religious Roundabouts and Irish Rebellion | |
James I and the Plantations Charles I and Chaos | |
Family Feuds II and III The English Civil War then William and James | |
Catholic and Protestant The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries | |
Going British The Act of Union | |
Divided in Two Life from the 1880s | |
One Land Two Systems Partition | |
The Part of Tens | |
Ten Things the Irish Have Given the World | |
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America Anglo-Irish argued army arrived in Ireland attack authority battle became began Brian Brian Boru Britain British campaign Catholic Catholicism Chapter Charles Christianity Church Connacht Connor Crown Cultural Revival Cumann na nGaedheal decided defeated Dermot Mac Murrough Despite Dublin Edward emigration England Europe famine fight forces Gaelic Gaelic Athletic Association Gerald Henry High King Home Rule idea important invaders Irish history Irish kings Irish parliament Irish Republic James Kildare killed leaders Leinster lived Lord loyal Mac Murrough Meath monasteries Munster nationalist nineteenth century Normans Northern Ireland O'Connell organised Pale paramilitaries Parnell party period political population problems Protestant Protestantism Provisional IRA rebellion Reformation religion religious REMEMBER Richard Romans royal settlers Sinn Fein St Patrick Statutes of Kilkenny story Strongbow struggle successful things throne took Ulster unionists Valera Vikings violence wanted whole Yorkist