The course of Irish history / edited by T.W. Moody and F.X. Martin
1967, First Edition. Cork : Mercier Press. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #430393
Physical description; 404 pages illustrations, maps 20 cm. Notes; Revision of the text of a series of 21 television programs transmitted by Radio Telefís Éireann from Jan. 24-June 13, 1966. Includes bibliographical references (349-367). Contents; A geographer's view of Irish history / J.H. Andrews -- Prehistoric Ireland / G.F. Mitchell -- Early Irish society (1st-9th century) / Francis J. Byrne -- The beginnings of Christianity (5th and 6th centuries) / An t-Athair Tómas Ó Fiaich -- The golden age of early Christian Ireland (7th and 8th centuries) / Kathleen Hughes -- The age of the Viking wars (9th and 10th centuries) / Liam de Paor -- Ireland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries (c. 1000-1169) / Brian Ó Cuív -- The Anglo-Norman invasion (1169-c. 1300) / F.X. Martin -- The medieval English colony (c. 1300-c. 1400) / J.F. Lydon -- The Gaelic resurgence and the Geraldine supremacy (c. 1400-1534) / Art Cosgrove -- The Tudor conquest (1534-1603) / G.A. Hayes-McCoy -- The colonisation of Ulster and the rebellion of 1641 (1603-60) / Aidan Clarke -- The Restoration and the Jacobite War (1660-91) / J.G. Simms -- The age of penal laws (1691-1778) / Maureen Wall -- The Protestant nation (1775-1800) / R.B. McDowell -- The age of Daniel O'Connell (1800-47) / J.H. Whyte -- The Great Famine (1845-50) / E.R.R. Green -- Fenianism, home-rule and the land war (1850-91) / T.W. Moody -- From Parnell to Pearse (1891-1921) / Donal McCartney -- Northern Ireland (1921-66) / J.L. McCracken -- Ireland since the treaty (1921-66) / Patrick Lynch. Subjects; Geschichte. Civilization Ireland. Ireland History. Ireland.
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