Ie is an irish based online bookstore offering a wide diverse range of books, new releases, bestsellers, bargains and rare books, with worldwide delivery. Learn about irish history, folklore, and mythology from the ancient times of glory to the modern ireland. This is an updated edition of john obeirne ranelaghs short history of ireland, covering the full sweep of irish history from the earliest times up to president clintons second visit to ireland in. Fr gerard rice has written in his article the five martyrs of drogheda in.
Tom reilly contributed an engaging summary of his book to the irish story recently, reiterating. Located at the mouth of the river boyne, droghedas name derives from the irish droichead atha, meaning bridge of the ford. Personal histories is an initiative by history ireland, which aims to capture the individual histories of irish people both in ireland and around the world. The country is noted for a rich heritage of culture and tradition that was linked. The ireland story bookshop general irish history books. This book he claims is a long overdue evaluation of. Interspersing narrative with detailed analysis of key themes, the first. The thousand years explored in this book witnessed developments in the history of ireland that resonate to this day. Tom reilly born 1960 is an irish author and former regional newspaper columnist who has. This publication is an extensive history of the church of ireland community, based on their national school.
History of drogheda the irish walled towns network. Story was a chaplain with the williamite army and recorded events as they took place. List of books and articles about irish history online research. Irish history, hot off the press caitriona crowe and the four editors of the mammoth cambridge history of ireland discuss the new thinking behind the ambitiousd enterprise. League of ireland books update league of ireland history. The cambridge history of ireland edited by james kelly. Welcome to the ireland book discussion irelandbookdiscussionl mailing list. This page was compiled by lindel and forms part of the donegal genealogy resources website you may link to this page but not copy it. Drogheda nestles on the east coast of ireland, on the border of louth and meath. Irelands unique countryside seeps into many great novels, becoming as much a character as any protagonist. Mercier press, irelands oldest independent publishing house, based in cork has a vast collection of irish history books available to purchase online. In this groundbreaking history of ireland, neil hegarty presents a fresh perspective on irelands past. List of books and articles about irish history online. Ireland, country of western europe occupying fivesixths of the westernmost major island of the british isles.
The best books on modern irish history five books expert. Jc becketts overview is an important milestone in irish historiography, a. Though properly portrayed as the era of protestant ascendancy it embraces two phases the. A range of important historical events have taken place in prehistoric ireland over the centuries. The top recommended books featuring northern ireland. Irish and scotsirish history books, genealogy books.
The early history of ireland has long been shrouded in mystery. The battle of the boyne in 1690 is still one of irelands most important events in history. Ireland, as an island lying out on the north western fringe of continental europe. Marianne elliott is director of the institute of irish studies at liverpool university and author of catholics of ulster. While the slaughter of royalist soldiers at drogheda was horrific, there is little evidence. For much of its history ireland was also considered to be a key centre of learning with its monastic institutions producing such masterpieces as the book of kells. While some authors take the view that a land bridge connecting ireland. Drogheda was an important walled town in the english pale in the medieval period. After the publication of daltons book, ireland was ravaged by the great irish potato famine from 1845 to 1852. Ireland history irish history historical events in ireland. Here he picks the best books for gaining a range of. Tom reilly is a local historian and has published several local history books on cromwell and drogheda. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an era of continuity as well as change. Majorgeneral hugh tudor was appointed police advisor for ireland in may 1920.
Northern ireland history, irish history, books barnes. A lively medieval town, it is home to a host of contemporary music and theater companies, an international samba festival, and was the birthplace of many famous irish people, including pierce brosnan, steve staunton, and shane horgan. Many of the rural catholic gaelic irish poor in county louth died from hunger and disease or emigrated. The cambridge history of ireland edited by brendan smith. Craigheads book provides a history of the scottish and irish presbyterian churches and demonstrates the enormous influence that they had on american politics and education through the emigration of scots and scotchirish to the new world. A concise history of ireland by patrick weston joyce, circa 1910 this is a very useful concise history of ireland for anyone wishing to get an overview of. Prophet of irish independence, which won the irish independentirish life prize for biography. In the 1600s, the name of the town was also spelled tredagh in keeping with the common pronunciation, as documented by gerard boate in his work irelands natural history. The making of modern ireland 16031923 by jc beckett.
Irish history books ireland history books mercier press. It had the status of dominion until 1937 when a new constitution was. Cromwell was framed ireland 1649, the first major book from new imprint chronos books. Other articles where history of ireland is discussed. The history of drogheda and its environs by john dalton. The vestry minute book records this event as follows.
An account of the massacre at drogheda in which the cromwellian army give no quarter to the people of the town. The anglonormans founded drogheda originally as two separate towns on either side of the river in the late 12th century. The state was created as the irish free state in 1922 as a result of the angloirish treaty. The top recommended books featuring northern ireland courtesy of publishers they say that beauty is born of struggle, and northern ireland is among the most complicated regions in. Comprehensive and engaging, the story of ireland is an eyeopening account. Discover librarianselected research resources on irish history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines.
Remarkable old photos of ireland irish archaeology. In the year one thousand seven hundred and forty eight, the old parish church of saint peters drogheda. In 1648, the irish confederates allied themselves with the english royalists to oppose the english parliamentarians. Posted by colm posted on january 25, 2016 30 comments on remarkable old photos of ireland this wonderful selection of photographs illustrates ireland at the very start of. A native of drogheda, county louth, reilly is a director of a local printing company, burex manufacturing ltd. During the 19th century, drogheda reinvented itself as a commercial and industrial center. With his new model army, oliver cromwell landed in ireland in august 1649 to reconquer the country on behalf of the english parliament.
Here are the top 10 rural irish books, by paul charles. The earliest confirmed inhabitants of ireland were mesolithic huntergatherers, who arrived some time around 7900 bc. But a new study of the dna of the ancient irish has cast some light into the darkness. In this first volume of the royal irish academys multivolume a new history of ireland a wide range of national and international scholars, in every field of study, have produced studies of. The sheer brutality of cromwells infamous 164950 campaign gives it a queasily contemporary ring. Printed and bound in the united kingdom by the mpg books group a catalogue record for this publication is available from the british library library of congress cataloguing in publication. History of cromwells irish campaign 1883 to james scott wheelers book. Here are the books to read a minister, a historian and irish writers select the modern works from ross ocarrollkelly to donal ryan that capture for.
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