Ireland category: 1364 books
Ireland Says Yes
The Inside Story of How the Vote for Marriage Equality Was Won
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
At 7.20pm on 23rd May 2015, in the courtyard of Dublin Castle, Ireland truly became a nation of equals. Ireland Says Yes is the fast-paced narrative account of all the drama, excitement and highs and lows of the last 100 days of the extraordinary campaign for a Yes vote in the 2015 Marriage Equality...
by Defence Forces Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
A very brief history of Ireland's Defence Forces. The tradition of service and loyalty, that runs as a theme throughout our history, was set by the Volunteers in 1913 and is continued to this day in the modern Defence Forces. Our history is in essence a history of the State.
Victims of Ireland's Great Famine
The Bioarchaeology of Mass Burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
With one million dead, and just as many forced to emigrate, the Irish Famine (1845-52) is among the worst health calamities in history. Because historical records of the Victorian period in Ireland were generally written by the middle and upper classes, relatively little has been known about those...
Troubled Geographies
A Spatial History of Religion and Society in Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Ireland’s landscape is marked by fault lines of religious, ethnic, and political identity that have shaped its troubled history. Troubled Geographies maps this history by detailing the patterns of change in Ireland from 16th century attempts to "plant" areas of Ireland with loyal English Protestants...
Ghosts of the Somme
Commemoration and Culture War in Northern Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Once assumed to be a driver or even cause of conflict, commemoration during Ireland's Decade of Centenaries came to occupy a central place in peacebuilding efforts. The inclusive and cross-communal reorientation of commemoration, particularly of the First World War, has been widely heralded as signifying...
by Neil Jackman
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
From medieval Carlingford in Louth to Blarney Castle in Cork, discover the top 100 places to visit in Ireland’s Ancient East. Wander through time at sites such as Clonmacnoise, Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel, as well as at hidden gems like Athassel Priory in Tipperary, Loughcrew Passage Tombs...
What You Need to Know Before You Travel to Ireland
Ireland Traveler’s Guide to Make the Most Out of Your Trip
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
How little those Roman conquerors knew. Because they decided not to cross those 60 miles of choppy water, the small island’s Celtic inhabitants were allowed to continue developing their culture for
thousands of years without the interference of a colonial master.
Today, that mysterious...
The Hurlers
The First All-Ireland Championship and the Making of Modern Hurling
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2018
In 1882, a letter was published in the Irish Times, lamenting the decline of hurling. The game was now played only in a few isolated rural pockets, and according to no fixed set of rules. It would have been absurd to imagine that, within five years, an all-Ireland hurling championship would be underway,...
by Conan Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1994
Extracts from the A to Z read: WATER Ireland does not ever appear to have been short of water. However, whether in surplus or not, water is perceived as the source of life and as such enjoys veneration and inspires mystery and awe in all societies. Modern man reacts particularly strongly to the pollution...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2017
This book uses the case of Northern Ireland to evaluate theoretical approaches in international relations. It investigates the process of negotiation that led to the signing of the Good Friday or Belfast Agreement and the continuing challenges to peace reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Incorporating...
by The Non Fiction Author
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
When the Romans under Julius Caesar first began their conquest of Great Britain, they looked to the west and saw the dim outlines of another land. From travelers’ tales, they knew it was inhabited by human beings, but they knew nothing about this mysterious tribe or their territory. They believed...
Arthur's Round
The Life and Times of Brewing Legend Arthur Guinness
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Ireland's best-known Irishman, his name and signature in every household and village in Ireland, and many abroad, is also the least known. Part of Dublin life for over two centuries, both family and brewery have passed into legend, but their origins have been obscured. Here, in the round, these origins...
by George Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Fifteen minutes before five o'clock on Good Friday, 1998, Senator George Mitchell was informed that his long and difficult quest for an Irish peace accord had succeeded--the Protestants and Catholics of Northern Ireland, and the governments of the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, would...
by Christopher Somerville
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Walking has never been a more popular pastime and nowhere is more beautiful for walkers to explore than Ireland. In this beautifully written and superbly researched guide, Christopher Somerville draws on his very popular column for the Irish Independent, to present 50 of the very best walks in Ireland...