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Bardon, Jonathan Shorter Illustrated History Of Ulster 1996 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030347. ISBN #0856405868 / 9780856405860. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Bardon, Jonathan Shorter Illustrated History Of Ulster 1996 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030347. ISBN #0856405868 / 9780856405860. (filed under: Ireland ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This up-to-date edition spans 9000 years of social, political and economic life in the province of Ulster, Northern Ireland. The book covers early settlements, the Viking and Norman invasions, the plantations and the Penal Laws, the rise of the United Irishmen and Orangeism, the Act of Union, emigration and the Great Famine, the linen industry and shipbuilding, the Home Rule Crisis and partition, civil rights and the turmoil of the current Troubles. The book is intended for student and general readers interested in the history of Ulster.
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Bishop, Patrick Irish Empire St. Martin's Press 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or865258. ISBN #0312265271 / 9780312265274. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Bishop, Patrick Irish Empire St. Martin's Press 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or865258. ISBN #0312265271 / 9780312265274. (filed under: Ireland ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The story of the Irish diaspora represents a great historical triumph of the human spirit.Ireland has a present population of about four million, but it can claim seventy million descendants worldwide-seventy million people whose families turned tragedy into triumph, by fleeing poverty, hunger, and political and religious oppression to start a new life in far-flung lands.But for the Irish emigrants the pain of exile was muted by the acquisition of wealth and influence unimaginable back in their homeland.Over centuries, successive waves of Irish emigration have established an extraordinary spread of Irish communities and power bases from London to New York, from Australia to Argentina-a phenomenon which makes it possible to talk in more than just a metaphorical sense of an Irish empire. Wherever they went, Irish emigrants took with them a strong sense of nation and ancestry, a notional empire that sustained them and shaped them in exile, despite exposure to the host culture, one which was imbued with a sentimentalized image of the society they left behind.At the same time their presence created in the minds of their hosts an idea of Ireland and 'Irishness' that has become universal.In The Irish Empire Patrick Bishop looks at why, in the last four hundred years, to be brought up in Ireland meant being prepared to leave it, an Irish cultural mindset that has persisted almost to the present day.In doing so, he examines the Irish notion of separateness that goes as far back as the ancient Irish Gaels; the impact of the nineteenth-century Potato Famine on the pattern of Irish emigration; the early colonization of America and how the Irish provided the muscle that built the infrastructure of a new nation; the transplanted tension between Protestants and Catholics in their new lands; the enduring power of the Catholic Church; and the popular identification of British oppression as the engine that drove so many Irish abroad.From the origins of the scattering of the Irish over the centuries to the dreams of a mythical home nurtured by so many Irish migrants today, The Irish Empire is a penetrating exploration of the Irish diaspora, and of how the Irish succeeded in turning exile abroad into opportunity and, finally, worldwide recognition.
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Bishop, Patrick The Irish Empire St. Martin's Press 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or708246. ISBN #0312265271 / 9780312265274. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Bishop, Patrick The Irish Empire St. Martin's Press 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or708246. ISBN #0312265271 / 9780312265274. (filed under: Ireland ) *
stock image, actual book may vary The story of the Irish diaspora represents a great historical triumph of the human spirit.Ireland has a present population of about four million, but it can claim seventy million descendants worldwide-seventy million people whose families turned tragedy into triumph, by fleeing poverty, hunger, and political and religious oppression to start a new life in far-flung lands.But for the Irish emigrants the pain of exile was muted by the acquisition of wealth and influence unimaginable back in their homeland.Over centuries, successive waves of Irish emigration have established an extraordinary spread of Irish communities and power bases from London to New York, from Australia to Argentina-a phenomenon which makes it possible to talk in more than just a metaphorical sense of an Irish empire. Wherever they went, Irish emigrants took with them a strong sense of nation and ancestry, a notional empire that sustained them and shaped them in exile, despite exposure to the host culture, one which was imbued with a sentimentalized image of the society they left behind.At the same time their presence created in the minds of their hosts an idea of Ireland and 'Irishness' that has become universal.In The Irish Empire Patrick Bishop looks at why, in the last four hundred years, to be brought up in Ireland meant being prepared to leave it, an Irish cultural mindset that has persisted almost to the present day.In doing so, he examines the Irish notion of separateness that goes as far back as the ancient Irish Gaels; the impact of the nineteenth-century Potato Famine on the pattern of Irish emigration; the early colonization of America and how the Irish provided the muscle that built the infrastructure of a new nation; the transplanted tension between Protestants and Catholics in their new lands; the enduring power of the Catholic Church; and the popular identification of British oppression as the engine that drove so many Irish abroad.From the origins of the scattering of the Irish over the centuries to the dreams of a mythical home nurtured by so many Irish migrants today, The Irish Empire is a penetrating exploration of the Irish diaspora, and of how the Irish succeeded in turning exile abroad into opportunity and, finally, worldwide recognition.
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Cahill, Susan (edited by) For the Love of Ireland: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers Ballantine Books 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081251. ISBN #0345434196 / 9780345434197. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Cahill, Susan (edited by) For the Love of Ireland: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers Ballantine Books 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081251. ISBN #0345434196 / 9780345434197. (filed under: Ireland ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Welcome to the Ireland of its Writers Walk the streets of Dublin with Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Roddy Doyle. Contemplate the wild glens of Wicklow with John Millington Synge and Seamus Heaney. Wander the thrilling Cliffs of Moher with Wallace Stevens. Visit antic Limerick with Frank McCourt; mysterious Coole Park with Lady Gregory; breathtaking Sligo with William Butler Yeats; wild Donegal with Brien Friel; and hidden Clare with Edna O'Brien. No place has inspired more great literature than Ireland, which in each new generation gives birth to an astonishing number of poets, storytellers, and dramatists. For the literary pilgrim to arrive, book in hand, at the pub where Joyce set a scene or the mountain where Yeats imagined a myth is to uncover fresh meaning in the works of writers in love with their native landscape. In For the Love of Ireland, Susan Cahill offers the jewels of Irish literature. Each selection is followed by traveler's advice on how to find and fully experience the place that's about. Whether you take this book with you to Ireland or savor it in your armchair, you will be enriched, ennobled, and entertained by writers of remarkable range and at the top of their form.
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Callahan, Bob (ed) Big Book of American Irish Culture Viking Press 1987 Hard Cover. Good reading copy. Inking.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or654326. ISBN #0670818259 / 9780670818259. (keywords: IRELAND) (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Chambers, Anne Granuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen C.1530-1603 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058443. ISBN #0863279139 / 9780863279133. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Chambers, Anne Granuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen C.1530-1603 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058443. ISBN #0863279139 / 9780863279133. (filed under: Ireland ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Over 400 Years ago Granuaile became a legend. As both Pirate Queen and Gaelic Chieftain, Granuaile or Grace O'Malley, challenged the accepted ideas of sixteenth century Ireland. She manipulated the turbulent political environment, ignoring cultural conventions, to become one of the most powerful leaders in the country. The Invading English also talked about this '...most famous feminine sea captain'. The meeting of the two Queens, Granuaile and Elizabeth I, ensured that the legend grew until Granuaile became celebrated as one of the most notorious Irishwomen in Elizabeth England. Using State Papers and manuscripts of the period, Anne Chambers reveals the woman behind the legend and the unique contribution Granuaile made to Irish history. This new edition coincides with the 400th anniversary of Granuaile's death.
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Clancy, Liam The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour Doubleday 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117500. ISBN #0385502044 / 9780385502047. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Clancy, Liam The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour Doubleday 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1117500. ISBN #0385502044 / 9780385502047. (filed under: Ireland ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In an irresistible tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy, of the legendary Irish group the Clancy Brothers, describes his eventful journey from a small town in Ireland in the 1930s into the heart of the New York music scene in the 1950s and 60s. Following in the grand tradition of such Irish memoirs as Angela s Ashes and Are You Somebody? , Liam Clancy relates his life s story in a raucously funny and star-studded account of moving from provincial Ireland to the bars and clubs of New York City, to the cusp of fame as a member of Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers. Born in 1935, the eleventh out of as many children, young Liam was a naive and innocent lad of the Old Country. His memories of childhood include bounding over hills, streams, and the occasional mountain, getting lost, and eventually found, and making mischief in the way of a typical Irish boy. As an aimless nineteen-year-old, Clancy met a strange and wonderfully energetic lover of music, Ms. Diane Guggenheim, an American heiress. She and a colleague from America had set out to record regional Irish folk music, and their undertaking led them to Carrick-on-Suir in the shadow of Slievenamon, "The Mountain of the Women," where Mammie Clancy had been known to carry a tune or two in her kitchen. Guggenheim fell for young Liam and swept him along on her travels through the British Isles, the American Appalachians, and finally Greenwich Village, the undisputed Mecca for aspiring artists of every ilk in the late 1950s. Clancy was in New York to become an actor. But on the side, he played and sang with his brothers, Paddy and Tom, and fellow countryman Tommy Makem, in pubs like the legendary White Horse Tavern. In the heady atmosphere of the Village, Clancy s life was a party filled with music, sex, and McSorley s. His friendships with then-unknown artists such as Bob Dylan, Maya Angelou, Robert Redford, Lenny Bruce, Pete Seeger and Barbra Streisand form the backdrop of the charming adventures of a small-town boy making it big in the biggest of cities. In music circles, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem are known as the Beatles of Irish music. The band s music continues to play on jukeboxes in pubs and bars, in living rooms of folk music fans, and in Irish American homes throughout the country. Liam Clancy s lively memoir captures their wild adventures on the road to fame and fortune, and brings to life a man who never lets himself off the hook for his sins, and happily views his success as a blessing.
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Coakley, John (Editor); Gallagher, Michael (Editor) Politics in The Republic Of Ireland Routledge 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Minimal Notes or Marking. Book #or864639. ISBN #0415280672 / 9780415280679. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Coakley, John (Editor); Gallagher, Michael (Editor) Politics in The Republic Of Ireland Routledge 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Minimal Notes or Marking. Book #or864639. ISBN #0415280672 / 9780415280679. (filed under: Ireland ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Politics in the Republic of Ireland is now available in a fully revised fourth edition. Building on the success of the previous three editions, this text continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of politics in the Republic of Ireland. Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish politics, it explains, analyzes and interprets the background to Irish government and contemporary political processes. Crucially, it brings the student up-to-date with the very latest developments. New patterns of government formation, challenges to the established political parties, ever-deepening, if sometimes ambivalent, involvement in the process of European integration, a growing role in the politics of Northern Ireland and sustained discussion of gender issues are among these developments along with evidence, revealed by several tribunals of enquiry, that Irish politics is not as free of corruption as many had assumed.
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Connolly, S.J. (edited by) The Oxford Companion To Irish History Oxford University Press 2002 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153959. ISBN #019866270X / 9780198662709. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Cooper, Matt Who Really Runs Ireland? penguin Books 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Like New. Book #or1146078. ISBN #1844881679 / 9781844881673. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Dixon-Kennedy, Mike Celtic Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and Places Blandford 1997 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1155756. ISBN #071372613X / 9780713726138. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Donegan, Lawrence No News At Throat Lake: In Search Of Ireland 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1121764. ISBN #0671785443 / 9780671785444. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Donegan, Lawrence No News At Throat Lake: In Search Of Ireland 2001 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1121764. ISBN #0671785443 / 9780671785444. (filed under: Ireland ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In a whimsical memoir and travelogue, the journalist and author of Maybe It Should Have Been a Three Iron describes how he sought refuge from the noise, dirt, and hectic lifestyle of London in the rural, idiosyncratic village of Creeslough, Ireland, where he takes a job with the Tirconaill Tribune , a small-town, libel-slinging tabloid. Reprint.
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Eickhoff, Randy Lee The Raid: A Dramatic Retelling of Ireland's Epic Tale Forge/Tom Doherty Associates 1997 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153917. ISBN #0312851928 / 9780312851927. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Foster, R. F. Modern Ireland: 1600-1972 Penguin Books 1990 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023354. ISBN #0140132503 / 9780140132502. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Foster, R. F. Modern Ireland: 1600-1972 Penguin Books 1990 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023354. ISBN #0140132503 / 9780140132502. (filed under: Ireland ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Masterfully blending narrative and interpretation, and R.F. Foster's "Modern Ireland: 1600-1972" looks at how key events in Irish history contributed to the creation of the 'Irish Nation'. "The most brilliant and courageous Irish historian of his generation". Colm Toibin, "London Review of Books" . "Remarkable...Foster gives a wise and balanced account of both forces of unity and forces of diversity...a master work of scholarship". Bernard Crick, "New Statesman" . "A tour de force...Anyone who really wants to make sense of Ireland and the Irish must read Roy Foster's magnificent and accessible Modern Ireland". Anthony Clare . "A magnificent book. It supersedes all other accounts of modern Irish history". Conor Cruise O'Brien, "Sunday Times" . "Dazzling...a masterly survey not so much of the events of Irish history over the past four centuries as of the way in which those events acted upon the peoples living in Ireland to produce in our own time an "Irish Nation"...a gigantic and distinguished undertaking". Robert Kee, "Observer" . "A work of gigantic importance. It is everything that a history book should be. It is beautifully and clearly written; it seeps wisdom through its every pore; it is full of the most elegant and scholarly insights; it is magnificently authoritative and confident...Modern Ireland is quite simply the single most important book on Irish history written in this generation...A masterpiece". Kevin Myers, "Irish Times" . R. F. Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His books include "Modern Ireland: 1600-1972", "Luck and the Irish" and "W. B. Yeats: A Life".
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Garnier, Charles-Marie Popular History Of Ireland hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1036912. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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Gerald of Wales, John J. O'Meara, translator History And Topography Of Ireland Penguin classics paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Wear from use. Book #or1144886. (filed under: Ireland ) *
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