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Atlas of Irish history / Seán Duffy ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical geography.
- Ireland--History.
- Ireland.
- History.
- Ireland--Historical geography--Maps.
- Genre:
- Maps.
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition, and first paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2012.
- Summary:
- The bestselling Atlas of Irish History tells the story of the Irish past in graphic cartography, beautifully rendered and augmented by an authoritative text. It is an essential reference tool for any student of Irish history. This new edition covers recent momentous events such as the transformative boom and bust of the Republic's economy and the extraordinary course of developments in Northern Ireland that resulted in the power-sharing administration of the DUP and Sinn Féin. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Origins / Seán Duffy Duffy, Seán 10
- Celtic Ireland 14
- The Arrival of Christianity 16
- Early Peoples and Politics 18
- The Golden Age 20
- Ireland and Europe 22
- The Viking Wars 24
- The Age of Brian Boru 26
- Reform of the Church 28
- Ireland before the Normans 30
- Part II The Conquest of Ireland / Brendan Smith Smith, Brendan 32
- The English Invasion 36
- Expansion of the Colony 38
- Irish Resistance 40
- The Decline of English Power 42
- The Gaelic Revival 44
- The Late Middle Ages 46
- The Growth of Dublin 48
- Part III Reformation to Restoration / Colm Lennon Lennon, Colm, Raymond Gillespie Gillespie, Raymond 50
- The Protestant Reformation 54
- Elizabethan Administration 56
- Plantation and Resistance 58
- O'Neill's Rising 60
- Jacobean Plantations 62
- The Rising of 1641 64
- Cromwell's Campaigns and Administration 66
- The Williamite Revolution 68
- Part IV From Splendour to Famine / James Kelly Kelly, James 70
- The Penal Laws 76
- The Georgian Economy 78
- The Government of Ireland, 1692-1785 80
- The 1798 Rebellion 82
- Catholic Emancipation and Repeal 84
- Nineteenth-Century Catholicism 86
- The Pre-Famine Economy 88
- Emigration to 1845 90
- The Great Famine 92
- The Decline of the Irish Language 94
- Part V Modern Ireland / Gabriel Doherty Doherty, Gabriel 96
- Post-Famine Emigration 102
- Economic Development before the Great War 104
- The Growth of Irish Nationalism 106
- Government Policy 108
- The Ulster Question 110
- The Great War and the Easter Rising 112
- Separation 1916-23 114
- Cumann na nGaedheal 116
- Fianna Fáil 118
- The '40s and '50s: Turmoil and Malaise 120
- Northern Ireland 122
- The '60s: Economic and Social Change 124
- The '70s and '80s: Political and Social Instability 126
- The Northern Crisis 128
- The Good Friday Agreement 130
- The Celtic Tiger 132
- Ireland: Beyond the New Millennium 134.
- ISBN:
- 9780717153992
- 0717153991
- OCLC:
- 778270607
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