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Monday Book: The seductive glamour of Ireland's golden lyrics Monday Book: Ireland and Empire: colonial legacies in Irish history and culture by Stephen Howe (Oxford University Press, pounds 22.50)
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AT A key point in Stephen Howe's sharp and perceptive study of
ideology, history, culture and the matter of Ireland, he cites the
Scottish nationalist poet Hugh MacDiarmid:
If all the world went native
There would be a confusion of
tongues,
A multiplication of regionalisms.
PARTIKULARISMUS, however,
Is hostile to nationalism
And friendly to internationalism.
This is a MacDiarmid far different from the raving Anglophobe of
the publ...
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A. T. Q. Stewart. The Shape of Irish History.(Book Review)
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; Ithaca, N. Y.: McGill-Queen's University Press. 2001. Pp. xii, 209. $44.95. ISBN 0-7735-2334-0. A. T. Q. Stewart has penned some of the most quotable quotes on Irish history. In The Narrow Ground. Patterns of Ulster History (1977) he commented, Ireland, like Dracula's Transylvania, is much troubled
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Monday Books: The history of Ireland put firmly on the map; Atlas of Irish History (second edition). Editor Sean Duffy. Published by Gill and Macmillan. pounds 10.99.(Features)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; ... years ago, probably from Britain, to the peace process and the birth of the Republic's Celtic Tiger economy. Using colourful maps and illustrations, the atlas concisely outlines the history of the island: the first appearance of Iron Age Celts around 600BC ...
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Monday Books: An authoritative guide to the history of Ireland; Oxford Companion to Irish History, edited by SJ Connolly. Published by Oxford University Press. pounds 25.(Features)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; ... take full account of developments up to the end of the 20th century. In addition to A-Z entries, the text includes a section on maps, showing the shape of modern Ireland, post-Reformation ecclesiastical divisions in Ireland, political divisions circa 800, Ireland ...
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Know Your Irish History, Briefly
Chicago Sun-Times
; Most St. Paddy's revelers have a hazy idea that Ireland is somewhere around Great Britain, and there was a potato famine, and that's about it. Here's more: Ireland, the land mass, broke away from Great Britain about 9,000 years ago, and Britain's been trying to get her back ever since. Actually,
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Inspirational Figures from Irish History.
World of Hibernia
; More than 70 million people of Irish ancestry--from Ireland and beyond--lay claim to a history that has been sad and troubled, yet romantic and resolute in the face of hardship. Woven into this fabric of Ireland's history are both poet and painter, sportsman and soldier, and historical and more
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IRISH HISTORY ADRIFT, ON LAND YACHT THAT BROUGHT AID TO REBELS NOW NEEDS IT
The Boston Globe
; DUBLIN -- Asgard is arguably the most important boat in Irish history, and yet it lies decaying here in an old prison museum. Asgard is an official national monument, and yet it is largely forgotten by a government that once promised to treasure the craft. It is both tragic and ironic that the
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Building a LIbrary: Irish History
The Independent on Sunday
; Books on Irish history command a significant popular market in Ireland and the intellectuals - not least the historians - have played a role in creating the climate for the changes in attitudes which helped produce Ireland's recent "Celtic Tiger" boom and the peace process. This is partly because
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Irish history, one character at a time Malachy McCourt recounts Ireland's past - not by its wars, but by its people.(Suburban Living)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Robert McCoppin Daily Herald Staff Writer Malachy McCourt admits that he's no historian. He's a story-teller, and he believes that the best way to teach history is through the stories of the people who made it - whether rooted in fact or legend. That's why he wrote Malachy McCourt's History
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Book Reviews: More than a catalogue of Irish dates; A Timeline of Irish History by Richard Killen. Published by Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. pounds 9.99.(Features)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; Byline: BILLY KENNEDY THIS is a quick, authoritative and user-friendly guide to the principal events in Ireland's past. The book, very well presented, is packed with reliable information and is the ideal reference book for anyone with an interest in Irish history. A total of 44 time periods are
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Playing the library card.(Dictionary of Irish Philosophers, Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture )(Book Review)
Irish Literary Supplement
; THOMAS DUDDY, GENERAL EDITOR Dictionary of Irish Philosophers Thoemmes Continuum, 2004, $210.00 JAMES S. DONNELLY, EDITOR IN CHIEF Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture Thomson Gale, 2004, $270.00 IT IS LIKELY THAT neither of the books under review will grace your private bookshelves. Because
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