A Short History of Ireland / Edition 2

by John O'Beirne Ranelagh

Overview

First published in 1983, this revised and extended edition stresses the importance of the pre-Norman Gaelic golden age, the conflicts during the violence of the Viking invasions, and the upheavals of the Tudor period as well as the later struggles for national identity and independence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521469449
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/28/1995
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

John O'Beirne Ranelagh is an independent scholar.

Table of Contents

1. Beginnings; 2. Ascendancy; 3. Union; 4. Home rule?; 5. Rising; 6. South; 7. North; 8. Another country; Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

'Authoritative … highly readable.' Irish Times

From the Publisher