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The Irish in America
by Michael Coffey (Editor), Terry Golway (Editor)
A beautiful coffee table sized companion volume to the new PBS series
Long Journey Home: The Irish in America. Filled with hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Contibutions by such well known writers as Frank McCourt, Pete Hamill, Maeve Binchy, Peter Quinn and more.
Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish
by Morgan Llywelyn.
Bard is the sweeping historical tale of the coming of the Irish to
Ireland, and of the men and women who made the Emerald Isle their
own. Morgan Llywelyn is the internationally bestselling author of
The Lion of Ireland and The Elementals.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome
to the Rise of Medieval Europe
by Thomas Cahill.
This narrative tells the story of how Europe evolved from the
classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, this
transition could not have taken place. Irish monks and scribes
maintained records of Western civilization and brought their uniquely
Irish world-view to the task.
The "entirely engaging" (New York Times), "fascinating" (Booklist),
"engrossing" (Los Angeles Times), and nationally bestselling
chronicle of the pivotal role the Irish played in preserving and
transmitting the classical literature of both Greece and Rome.
The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America
by Edward Laxton.
Between 1846 and 1851, more than one million potato famine emigrants, among them the child Henry Ford and Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy.sailed from Ireland to America in leaky, overcrowded sailing ships and made new lives for themselves. Now, 150 years later, here is their story. Includes superb color paintings by Rodney Charman, facsimile passenger lists, and other memorabilia. 20 color and b&w illus.
The Course of Irish History
by F.X. Martin (Editor), T. W. Moody.
Much Irish history is written as a matter of heroes and leaders, of great personalities and sweeping events. T. W. Moody and F. X. Martin's collection of essays by leading historians offers all those things, but it takes the land itself as its starting point. Ireland, they write, has always been poor because of its ungiving soil; always isolated because of its ring of imposing mountains and steep hills--but always open to invasion from the east across the calm, narrow Irish Sea, because of which, they write, "our present-day laws and institutions have their origins in England." While taking a long view of events, they manage to compress thousands of years of history into this fact-filled, highly readable book.
The Great Famine: Ireland's Potato Famine 1845-51
by John Percival.
An authoritative account of the famine that drove a million Irish to
their deaths, and one and one-half million others to leave for the U.S.
and Canada, The Great Famine draws on the oral traditions that have
been passed down through generations, on original letters, and
first-hand accounts, to try and separate myths from history. 8-page
color insert.
The Great Irish Famine
(The Thomas Davis Lecture
Series)
by Cathal Poirteir (Editor).
Highly recommended as the most diverse series of essays published
in this event, this gathers the insights of leading historians, economists
and geographers from around the world as it provides the latest
research from many disciplines. An excellent, well-rounded dialogue
is presented.
The Irish Famine: A Documentary History
(The Irish
Studies Series)
by Noel Kissane (Editor).
Newspaper reports, workhouse records, maps, statistics, and
engravings document the 1845-52 calamity that left thousands dead
from starvation and disease, others weakened for generations, and a
quarter of the population permanently overseas. Education officer for
the Irish National Library, Kissane arranges the material by such
topics as the potato, relief under the Conservatives and Liberals,
soup kitchens, fever and disease, charity, evictions, and emigration.
Reveals the attitudes and prejudices of Prime Ministers, landlords,
and common people.
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