Malachy McCourt's history of Ireland
Publisher: MJF Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781606710371
Subjects: History
Other titles: History of Ireland
Description: Explores the Ireland's history, from the early Celtic settlements through British occupation and struggles for independence, highlighting prominent heroes, artists, poets, and politicians.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ireland Before Patrick --; title: Peig Sayers: A Modern Look at an Ancient World --; title: Cuchulainn, Fionn mac Cumaill, and Deirdre --; title: The Land of Saints and Scholars --; title: Patrick: From Slave Boy to Patron Saint --; title: Brigid: "The Mary of the Gael" --; title: Columcille: The Dove of the Church --; title: The Viking Invasion and the High Kings of Ireland --; title: The Vikings and Brian Boru --; title: High Kings and High Villains--Turlough O'Connor, Rory O'Connor, and Dermot MacMurrough --; title: The Norman Invasion to Henry VIII: 1169-1537 --; title: "Strongbow"--Richard de Clare --; title: The Earls of Kildare--Gerrold Mor, Gerrold Og, and Silken Thomas --; title: The Tudor Conquest and the Fall of the Gaelic World --; title: Hugh O'Neill, the Battle of Kinsale, and the Escape of the Earls --; title: Grace O'Malley--Granuaile --; title: The Seventeenth Century: Destruction, Chaos, and Loss --; title: Rory O'More and Owen Roe O'Neill --; title: A Short Biography of an Odious Gatecrasher of Irish History --; title: Patrick Sarsfield, the Wild Geese, and the Penal Laws --; title: Oliver Plunkett --; title: The Great Patriots --; title: Wolfe Tone --; title: Robert Emmet --; title: Daniel O'Connell --; title: Ireland after the Great Hunger --; title: Charles Stewart Parnell: The Uncrowned King of Ireland --; title: Michael Davitt --; title: Douglas Hyde --; title: A Terrible Beauty is Born: Proclaiming the Republic --; title: Maud Gonne --; title: Padraig Pearse --; title: James Connolly --; title: A Century of Irish Voices --; title: William Butler Yeats --; title: James Joyce --; title: Samuel Beckett --; title: Birth Pangs of a New Nation --; title: Michael Collins --; title: Eamon de Valera --; title: Ireland in the Modern World --; title: Jack Lynch --; title: Conor Cruise O'Brien --; title: F.H. Boland --; title: People of Passion.