Irelands Invasion Of The World
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Author |
: Miki Garcia |
Publisher |
: The History Press |
Total Pages |
: 187 |
Release |
: 2015-03-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780750963879 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0750963875 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ireland's Invasion of the World by : Miki Garcia
For much of Ireland’s history her people have been emigrating and the Irish Diaspora today is estimated to be over 100 million people, fifteen times the current population of Ireland. For the most part they scattered not as colonizers but as migrants, they took their culture and identity with them and made a mark on their adopted county. They fought wars, formed societies, shaped cultures, created new identities and made history. This book looks at the Irish contribution to the history of all five continents, recalling unsung heroes, tragic tales and forgotten legacies.
Author |
: Clair Wills |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 518 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674026829 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674026827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis That Neutral Island by : Clair Wills
Where previous histories of Ireland in the war years have focused on high politics, That Neutral Island mines deeper layers of experience. Stories, letters, and diaries illuminate this small country as it suffered rationing, censorship, the threat of invasion, and a strange detachment from the war.
Author |
: Miki Garcia |
Publisher |
: The History Press |
Total Pages |
: 197 |
Release |
: 2015-03-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780750963879 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0750963875 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ireland's Invasion of the World by : Miki Garcia
For much of Ireland's history her people have been emigrating and the Irish Diaspora today is estimated to be over 100 million people, many times larger than the current population of Ireland. For the most part they scattered not as colonizers but as migrants, they took their culture and identity with them and made a mark on their adopted county. They fought wars, formed societies, shaped cultures, created new identities and made history. This book looks at the Irish contribution to the story of all five continents, recalling unsung heroes, tragic tales and forgotten legacies.
Author |
: Conor Kostick |
Publisher |
: The O'Brien Press |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2013-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847176073 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1847176070 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Strongbow by : Conor Kostick
The coming of the Normans to Ireland from 1169 is a pivotal moment in the country's history. It is a period full of bloodthirsty battles, both between armies and individuals. With colourful personalities and sharp political twists and turns, Strongbow's story is a fascinating one. Combining the writing style of an award-winning novelist with expert scholarship, historian Conor Kostick has written a powerful and absorbing account of the stormy affairs of an extraordinary era.
Author |
: Christopher Klein |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2019-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385542616 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385542615 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis When the Irish Invaded Canada by : Christopher Klein
"Christopher Klein's fresh telling of this story is an important landmark in both Irish and American history." —James M. McPherson Just over a year after Robert E. Lee relinquished his sword, a band of Union and Confederate veterans dusted off their guns. But these former foes had no intention of reigniting the Civil War. Instead, they fought side by side to undertake one of the most fantastical missions in military history: to seize the British province of Canada and to hold it hostage until the independence of Ireland was secured. By the time that these invasions--known collectively as the Fenian raids--began in 1866, Ireland had been Britain's unwilling colony for seven hundred years. Thousands of Civil War veterans who had fled to the United States rather than perish in the wake of the Great Hunger still considered themselves Irishmen first, Americans second. With the tacit support of the U.S. government and inspired by a previous generation of successful American revolutionaries, the group that carried out a series of five attacks on Canada--the Fenian Brotherhood--established a state in exile, planned prison breaks, weathered infighting, stockpiled weapons, and assassinated enemies. Defiantly, this motley group, including a one-armed war hero, an English spy infiltrating rebel forces, and a radical who staged his own funeral, managed to seize a piece of Canada--if only for three days. When the Irish Invaded Canada is the untold tale of a band of fiercely patriotic Irish Americans and their chapter in Ireland's centuries-long fight for independence. Inspiring, lively, and often undeniably comic, this is a story of fighting for what's right in the face of impossible odds.
Author |
: T. Ryle Dwyer |
Publisher |
: Gill & Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 448 |
Release |
: 2010-09-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0717146502 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780717146505 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Behind the Green Curtain by : T. Ryle Dwyer
Behind the Green Curtain goes beyond any previous book in examining the myth of Irish wartime neutrality.
Author |
: DK |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2019-12-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780744024401 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0744024404 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis History of Britain and Ireland by : DK
Discover the pivotal political, military, and cultural events that shaped British and Irish history, from Stone Age Britain to the present day, in this revised and updated ebook. Combining over 700 photographs, maps, and artworks with accessible text, the History of Britain and Ireland is an invaluable resource for families, students, and anyone seeking to learn more about the fascinating story of the England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Spanning six distinct periods of British and Irish history, this ebook is the best way to find out how Britain transformed with the Norman rule, fought two world wars in the 20th century, and faced new economic challenges in the 21st century. DK's visual guide places key figures - from Alfred the Great to Winston Churchill - and major events - from Roman invasion to the Battle of Britain - in their wider context, making it easier than ever before to learn how they influenced Britain and Ireland's development through the age of empire into the modern era.
Author |
: Richard Roche |
Publisher |
: Childrens Press |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0947962816 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780947962814 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Norman Invasion of Ireland by : Richard Roche
Still the classic work on the subject -- now in a new and enlarged edition -- with "all the evidence of hard work, happily allied to a sense of style. Roche tells his story in the style of a war correspondent" -- Irish Times. This is a fascinating and heavily illustrated account of the most far-reaching event that occurred in Ireland since the introduction of Christianity.
Author |
: Thomas Cahill |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2010-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307755131 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307755134 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis How the Irish Saved Civilization by : Thomas Cahill
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
Author |
: David J. J. Lynch |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2010-11-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230112278 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230112277 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis When the Luck of the Irish Ran Out by : David J. J. Lynch
Few countries have been as dramatically transformed in recent years as Ireland. Once a culturally repressed land shadowed by terrorism and on the brink of economic collapse, Ireland finally emerged in the late 1990s as the fastest-growing country in Europe, with the typical citizen enjoying a higher standard of living than the average Brit. Just a few years after celebrating their newly-won status among the world's richest societies, the Irish are now saddled with a wounded, shrinking economy, soaring unemployment, and ruined public finances. After so many centuries of impoverishment, how did the Irish finally get rich, and how did they then fritter away so much so quickly? Veteran journalist David J. Lynch offers an insightful, character-driven narrative of how the Irish boom came to be and how it went bust. He opens our eyes to a nation's downfall through the lived experience of individual citizens: the people responsible for the current crisis as well as the ordinary men and women enduring it.