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Irish Non-Fiction Books
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- History (6)
- People
- Travel (1)
- 7 visitors recommend:
Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782
Source: Amazon
Author: Ronald Hoffman and Sally D. Mason
State: MD
- "An eye-opening history of colonial and revolutionary Maryland ... Ronald Hoffman is an excellent historian who has brought great knowledge of Chesapeake social and cultural history to this biographical work that places three generations of the Carroll family within their colonial context."
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- 6 visitors recommend:
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
Source: Amazon
Author: Thomas Cahill
Country: Ireland
- "In this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known 'hinge' of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the 'island of saints and scholars,' the Ireland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells."
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Ireland: A History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day
Source: Amazon
Author: Paul Johnson
Country: Ireland
- "An eminently readable, informative history of Ireland .... Unlike many
histories, it is not a list of statistics. Nor is it an appeal to our sensibilities. It is swift, yet comprehensive."
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America
Source: Amazon
Author: Kerby Miller
- "Rich in human detail, penetrating in analysis, this book is social history on an epic scale. The first 'transatlantic' history of the Irish, Emigrants and Exiles offers the fullest account yet of the diverse waves of Irish emigration to North America." (1988)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora
Source: Amazon
Author: Tim Pat Coogan
Country: Ireland
- Coogan "tackles a boisterous, unruly Irish subject: the diaspora. Irish emigration first began, Coogan tells us, in the 12th century, when the Normans invaded Ireland." --Publishers Weekly
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Scotch-Irish: A Social History
Source: Amazon
Author: James G. Leyburn
Country: Ireland
- "This book is, without a doubt, simply the best, most comprehensive, well researched, readable history I have ever come across .... he not only covers the origins of the Scots/Irish who helped build colonial America, he also gave me a thorough education in the foundation of the "troubles" that still consume Northern Ireland ... a must read!" (1989)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
The Green Flag: A History of Irish Nationalism
Source: Amazon
Author: Robert Kee
Country: Ireland
- "Covering Irish history from the beginnings of Irish Nationalism through 1973, Robert Kee's treatment ranges from the Protestant Plantations through Wolfe Tone and the Great Famine to the founding of the Fenian Movement and the Irish Free State. His authoritative and comprehensive history is masterly in its detail and judicious analysis" (2001)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
The Boston Irish: A Political History
Source: Amazon
Author: Thomas H. C'Connor
City: Boston, State: MA
- "'The dean of Boston historians' ... earns that title, embodying as he does the best aspects of the two Irish strains -- openess and loyalty." --New York Times
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Big Little Book of Irish Wit & Wisdom
Source: Amazon
Author: Pat Fairon and Mary Dowling Daley
Country: Ireland
- "Six separate, enchanting gift books have been remade into one hefty little book that is the ultimate collection of the traditions, heritage, and whimsy of the Emerald Isle."
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- 5 visitors recommend:
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in the West of Ireland
Source: Amazon
Author: Pete McCarthy
Country: Ireland
- "McCarthy, writer and performer of the BBC series 'Desperately Seeking Something,' is a worthy addition to the ranks of P.J. O'Rourke, Bill Bryson and Peter Mayle ... he travels around the south and west of Ireland on a quasi-pilgrimage culminating in a visit to Lough Derg, an ancient penitential retreat." --Publishers Weekly (2001)
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