A short history of Ireland / / John O'Beirne Ranelagh [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827670203321
• Autore: Ranelagh John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-316-08937-1; 1-139-79379-9; 1-139-77942-7; 1-107-25427-2; 1-139-77638-X; 0-511-92074-1; 1-139-78241-X; 1-283-74143-1; 1-139-77790-4
• Edizione: [Third edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 425 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: HIS015000
• Disciplina: 941.5
• Soggetti: Ireland History; Northern Ireland History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Beginnings -- Ascendancy -- Union -- Home rule? -- Rising -- South -- North -- Another country -- Appendix: Timeline of Irish history.
• Sommario/riassunto: This third edition of John O'Beirne Ranelagh's classic history of Ireland incorporates contemporary political and economic events as well as the latest archaeological and DNA discoveries. Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, it considers Irish history from the earliest times through the Celts, Cromwell, plantations, famine, Independence, the Omagh bomb, peace initiatives, and financial collapse. It profiles the key players in Irish history from Diarmuid MacMurrough to Gerry Adams and casts new light on the events, North and South, that have shaped Ireland today. Ireland's place in the modern world and its relationship with Britain, the USA and Europe is also examined with a fresh and original eye. Worldwide interest in Ireland continues to ; increase, but whereas it once focused on violence in Northern Ireland, the tumultuous financial events in the South have opened fresh debates and drawn fresh interest. This is a new history for a new era.