A concise history of Ireland / Caitriona Clear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clear, Caitríona, 1960- author.

Series:

Cambridge concise histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--History.

Ireland.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Situated on one of Europe's busiest sea-roads, Ireland has always been connected to other cultures. This accessible and engaging history explores these connections across 1,600 years, from the arrival of Christianity in the fifth century to the present day. While the Norman invasion in 1169 brought the English crown into Irish politics, the impulse to preserve the Irish language and early Irish history united many of the Gaelic-Irish and Anglo-Normans from the fourteenth century. The Irish nationhood that emerged later was based more on Catholicism, as Ireland became a minor theatre of bitter European conflicts of the early modern period. Political (and religious) loyalties which solidified at this point determined Irish politics for the next three centuries, through the Troubles and beyond. Alongside these major political events, Caitriona Clear examines the living and working conditions of ordinary men and women — what they traded and farmed, how they lived and loved, and how they were often affected, but not always overwhelmed, by the politics of their time"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Transformation : early medieval Ireland c. 430-1169

Invasions : late medieval Ireland, 1169-1520

Wars : from Silken Thomas’s rebellion to the penal laws, 1534-1704

Peace? Ireland’s short eighteenth century, 1704-1791

Construction and destruction : war, peace and famine, 1791-1851

Modernization : from the famine to the farmers’ victory, 1850-1903

Revolution : twenty decisive years, 1903-1923

Stability, 1922-1969

The thirty-year ‘Troubles’, 1969-1998

Prosperity/austerity/prosperity? 1998-c. 2016.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed February 20, 2026),

Other Format:

Print version: Clear, Caitríona, 1960- Concise history of Ireland

ISBN:

9781009493987

1009493981

OCLC:

1564132696

Publisher Number:

CIPO000317213

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license