Read Ireland Book News - Issue 63
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The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present by James Lydon (Paperback; 17.50 IRP / 23.50 USD) [Add To Basket]
This book provides an accessible history of Ireland from the earliest times. The author recounts, in colourful detail, the waves of settlers, missionaries and invaders who have come to Ireland since pre-history and offers a long perspective on Irish history right up to the present. This full survey includes discussion of the arrival of St. Patrick in the 5th century and Henry II in the 12th, as well as that of numerous soldiers, traders and craftsmen through the ages. The author explores how these settlers have shaped the political and cultural climate of Ireland today and charts the changing racial mix which fashioned the Irish nation. Lydon also follows Ireland's long and grievous entanglement with England from its beginning through to the troubles. This book offers a complete history of Ireland in one volume. Its nuanced narrative provides a coherent and readable introduction to this vital and complex history.
Snakes and Ladders by Fergus Finlay (Paperback; 9.99 IRP / 15.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
This political memoir is packed with insights, incidents and anecdotes about the most turbulent and eventful years in recent Irish politics. From the heyday to Charles Haughey to the historic Northern Ireland peace agreement, this is an insider's story. It tells of the fierce struggles within the Labour party, the hopes and achievements of governments with Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Democratic Left, and the deals, disputes and decisions that shaped Ireland over the past decade.0
Divided Society: Ethnic Minorities and Racism in Northern Ireland edited by Paul Hainsworth (Paperback; 14.99 IRP / 22.50 USD) [Add To Basket]
Within Northern Ireland, the Troubles have largely overshadowed the presence of over 40 ethnic minority and religious groups. The territory's 20,000 ethnic minority residents have had to contend with a lack of protective legislation and an ignorance of their respective needs by the state. Economic, social and linguistic requirements have been denied and racism and discriminations have been commonplace. This book focuses on the key issues - racism, anti-racism, sectarianism, politics, health provision, the media and the law - and features case studies of five of the main minority groups: the Chinese, the Travellers, the Pakistanis, Indians and the Jewish community. With contributions from ethnic minority spokespersons, academics, the caring professions and the voluntary sector, this timely book provides a detailed overview of a subject now recognised as an integral component of the agenda for change in Northern Ireland.
Studies in Irish Cistercian History by Colmcille O Conbhuidhe edited by Finbarr Donovan (Paperback; 14.95 IRP / 22.50 USD) [Add To Basket]
Father Colmcille O Conbhuidhe of Mellifont Abbey, Collon, County Louth, and a native of Clonmel, wrote extensively on medieval Irish Cistercians. This book traces the history of the Irish Cistercians from their decline and attempted reform on the eve of the Reformation (1445-1532) up to the death of the last Irish Cistercian monk of Holy Cross Abbey, Fr. Edmund Cormick, sometime between 1731 and 1752. The opening chapters deal with efforts made in Ireland to reform the order, which had been in a state of decline throughout Europe, following the great Western Schism. The story continues with the dissolution of the monasteries in the Elizabethan era and the martyrdom of the abbot of Boyle, Glaisne O Cuilleanain, and other Irish Cistercians under the Stuarts - the exile of some of the monks to continental Europe, the efforts of other monks to survive in such monasteries as Holy Cross Abbey, and the part played by the Irish Cistercians during the Confederation at Kilkenny in 1643. Later chapters deal with the controversies such as parochial jurisdiction and Episcopal visitation. The book concludes with the final phase, 1650-1752, ending 600 hundred years of Cistercian monastic life in Ireland.
Battleground: The Making of 'Saving Private Ryan' in Ireland by Tom Mooney & Stephen Eustace (Paperback; 9.99 IRP / 15.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
This book is the exciting story of the making on one of the most controversial war films of all time and how Ireland and a stretch of beach in County Wexford attracted the most successful film director in the world, Stephen Spielberg, to recreate the horror of the Omaha Beach slaughter in 1944. Battleground features behind the scenes interviews with Spielberg and many of the film stars, including Tom Hanks and Edward Burns.
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